Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we look at “The One,” the fight between Canelo Alvarez and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Mayweather dominates in Majority Decision The look on Mayweather’s face when a Majority Decision was announced was not worth the $75 PPV price tag but it was still pretty good. Notably, CJ […]
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Bellator 99: 660,000 viewers
MMA Payout has learned from Spike TV sources that Friday’s Bellator 99 received an average viewership of 660,000 with its peak at 809,000 viewers during its main event. An immediate replay scored an average of 435,000 viewers. The total viewership was 1,095,000 on Friday night. Bellator 99 represents a bump from Bellator 98 of 437,000 […]
Bellator 98 replay show ratings increase from live show
Ratings for a replay of Bellator 98 on Thursday were up as compared to its live viewing last Saturday night. Thursday’s airing scored 556,000 viewers as opposed to 437,000 viewers for its live viewing. Bellator 98’s lead-in, TNA Impact Wrestling scored 1.3 million viewers for a 0.5 share. The numbers were impressive for a night […]
PTI claims Boxing dead
Want to raise passion among combat sport fans? Advise the world the death of a sport. This happened with ESPN Pardon The Interruption recently as Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon, the Stadler and Waldorf of the network talking heads decried that boxing was dead. Certainly, a part of this proclamation was to ignite a fire. […]
BJ Penn returns to coach next season of TUF versus Frankie Edgar
Dana White announced today on UFC Tonight on FS1 that Frankie Edgar and BJ Penn would be the coaches for the next season of The Ultimate Fighter. Edgar and Penn will fight in their third fight but this time at Featherweight. In perhaps bigger news, White indicated that Penn has re-signed with the UFC. Via […]