Francis Ngannou made $600,000 for his heavyweight title unification bout against Cyril Gane. The interim champion, Gane, drew $500,000 per the California State Athletic Commission. Ngannou defeated Gane in the main event of UFC 270. Notably, it was the last fight on Ngannou’s contract as his management and the UFC are at an impasse. Deiveson […]
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UFC 270 bonuses
The first UFC PPV event of the year took place on Saturday night at The Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The company doled out $50K bonuses to new champ Deiveson Figueriredo and Brandon Moreno for another Fight of the Night honor. Figueriredo outlasted Morena in a close, back and forth affair. The Brazilian ended up […]
Project Rock becomes official footwear of UFC
The UFC announced that it has entered into a partnership with Project Rock to be the official global footwear partner of the UFC. The sponsorship begins Saturday at UFC 270. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. On episode 5 of UFC Embedded, there was a hint as to the sponsor deal with the camera […]
Report: UFC 269 draws “slightly more than” 500K PPV buys
The Sports Business Journal’s Adam Stern reports that UFC 269 drew “slightly more than” 500,000 PPV buys on ESPN+. .@ESPNPlus sold slightly more than 500,000 PPV units for #UFC269 last month, per SBJ sources. pic.twitter.com/EE5Yuqe7UE — Adam Stern (@A_S12) January 20, 2022 UFC 269 took place Saturday, December 11th at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, […]
UFC NFTs releasing Sunday
The Sports Business Journal reports that the UFC and Dapper Labs are rolling out UFC NFTs. The packs will cost $50 each with athletes receiving 50% of the revenue. The product is called UFC Strike and will be similar to the NBA’s Top Shot NFTs. Per the report Endeavor is an investor in Dapper Labs […]