Nate Diaz has settled a complaint filed the Nevada State Athletic Commission for his role in the bottle-throwing incident at the UFC 202 pre-fight press conference. Per ESPN’s Brett Okamoto: Nate Diaz has agreed to pay 2.5% of his $2mil UFC 202 purse for the water throwing, so $50k. Plus 50 hours community service. — […]
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UFC 206: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 206 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario Canada. Holloway stops Showtime for Interim Featherweight title With Anthony Pettis missing weight, Max Holloway was the only fighter that could have won the interim title. Pettis claimed to have broken […]
UFC PPV Prelims draws 777,000 viewers
The UFC 206 Prelims drew 771,000 viewers on FS1 Saturday night per Sports TV Ratings. According to Sports TV Ratings, the event drew 366,000 viewers in the adult 18-49 category. The main fight of the prelims saw Misha Cirkunov submit Nikita Krylov in a light heavyweight match-up. Payout Perspective: With one televised PPV Prelim remaining […]
SBJ 2017 predictions has UFC staying with Fox
The Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand offered up predictions for 2017 in sports media. One of his predictions was how much and with what media outlet the UFC would sign with when its current media rights deal ends. He predicts that the UFC would re-up with Fox for $300 million per year. The prediction is […]
Commission to hear Lesnar, Jones and Diaz discipline cases
It appears that settlements have been brokered on behalf of 3 UFC fighters and the Nevada Athletic Commission. MMA Fighting reports that the NAC announced Nate Diaz, Jon Jones and Brock Lesnar are scheduled to appear for hearing on their “proposed adjudication agreements” at the December 15th commission meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jones settled […]