The MMA Report reports the salaries from Friday night’s Bellator event taking place at the Reno Events Center in Nevada. Former UFC Heavyweight Cheick Kongo topped the payroll despite losing a unanimous decision. The salaries disclosed were provided by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Vitaly Minakov: $35,000 (includes $17,500 win bonus) Cheick Kongo: $50,000 Herman […]
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Sony’s PS4 brand to sponsor Top Rank fights this spring
The Sports Business Journal (subscription required) reports that Top Rank Boxing has signed on with Sony for its Playstation 4 brand to receive “prominent placement” at this week’s Bradley-Pacquiao II event and June 7th’s Miguel Cotto-Sergio Martinez PPVs. In addition, the PS4 logo will be seen during the May 17th Juan Manuel Marquez-Mike Alvarado fight […]
UPDATED – WWE Network reports 667,287 subscribers
WWE announced in a press release this morning that it has 667,287 subscribers to its network which launched this past February and “is well on its way to reaching its goal of 1 million subscribers by the end of 2014.” UPDATED 9:05am PT – 4/7/14: It looks like that investors are not impressed with the […]
Harvey responds to Rousey ruling
Darin Harvey issued a statement on the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) ruling which released his former client, Ronda Rousey from her fight contract. MMA Payout has obtained the decision siding in favor of the UFC women’s bantamweight champion and we take a look at what went wrong. Via Inside MMA on AXS TV: […]
CSAC rules Rousey released from fight contract
Sherdog’s Mike Whitman first reported that the California State Athletic Commission issued its ruling in the arbitration of Ronda Rousey and Fight Tribe Management. The commission ruled that Rousey is released from her fight contract but left the commercial aspect of the contract to the court. Executive Director of the CSAC, Andy Foster heard the […]