Plaintiffs in the UFC Antitrust Lawsuit filed an Opposition this past Friday to the objections of Bellator, Golden Boy and Top Rank from producing the use of “potential” confidential information at August’s evidentiary hearing. The Plaintiffs hope to utilize deposition testimony from Scott Coker related to Coker’s prior employment at Strikeforce, a copy of a […]
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Top Rank Boxing on Friday night draws 490,000 on ESPN
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN drew 490,000 viewers Friday night according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The event, which took place in Temecula, California, was a unique Friday event as opposed to its usual Saturday fight cards. The main event Richard Comney as he stopped Ray Beltran. The event drew a 0.15 share in the […]
Payouts for Top Rank Boxing’s Comney-Beltran event
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports the purses for Top Rank Boxing’s event in Temcula, California on Friday night. The information was disclosed by the California State Athletic Commission. Per Rafael’s post: Richard Comney: $350K plus $20K from Ray Beltran’s purse for failing to make weight. Rey Beltran: $160K minus $40K per the CSAC Carlos Adames: […]
Fury tops payout for Saturday’s Top Rank event
MMA Payout has obtained the full roster of salaries from the Nevada Athletic Commission from Saturday’s Top Rank promoted event featuring Tyson Fury at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Tyson Fury’s reported salary was $1 million although its been known that he’s receiving around $12.5 million for the fight. According to the NAC paysheet, […]
Fury-Schwarz Prelims on ESPN2 draw 493,000 viewers
The undercard for the Top Rank Boxing event this past Saturday night on ESPN2 drew 493,000 viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The telecast preceded the main card for the Fury-Schwarz fight. The event drew 143,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo and a 0.32 share overall. The undercard featured several fights including Junior lightweight Mikaela […]