UFC lightweight Islam Makhachev is teaming up with cryptocurrency company Saitama. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Makhachev is currently on a 9 fight win streak in the UFC. He faces Beneil Dariush later this month at UFC Fight Night 202. #saitama pic.twitter.com/vwBaDqmLnd — Makhachev Islam (@MAKHACHEVMMA) February 14, 2022 Saitama offers uses […]
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UFC 271 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC 271 took place Saturday night in Houston, Texas and the company drew another sellout with Israel Adesanya successfully defending his middleweight title against Robert Whittaker. In addition, the promotion handed out its $50,000 bonuses for the night. Tai Tuivasa earned a $50K bonus by knocking out hometown favorite Derrick Lewis. In addition, Jared Cannonier […]
PBC on Fox Saturday (02.05) draws 963K
PBC on Fox Saturday night drew 963,000 viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The telecast were the Prelims for the Fox PPV on Saturday. The telecast drew 0.11 in the A18-34 demo, 0.19 in A18-49, 0.27 A25-54, 1.4 share in the F18-49, 2.3 M18-49 and 1.5 in over 50 category. The telecast went up against […]
UFC Fight Night 200 bonuses
UFC Fight Night 200 took place Saturday night at The Apex in Las Vegas. The bonuses saw Julian Erosa win $100K due to Steven Peterson’s missing of weight. Erosa and Peterson earned Fight of the Night for their three round fight which Erosa won via split decision. Earning Performance Bonuses were Shavkat Rakhmonov who earned […]
Will Jake Paul trolling work to change UFC?
Sportico.com opined today that Jake Paul’s trolling against the UFC is a ‘win-win.’ The opinion piece written by JohnWallStreet indicates that Paul as disrupter wants “social impact to be “a part of [his] legacy.”” Paul and his business partner Geoffrey Woo intend to publish an economic White Paper that makes the case that evolution towards […]