In the coming days we will learn of the settlement brokered by lawyers for TKO via Zuffa and plaintiffs in the Le and Johnson antitrust lawsuit. I have some initial takeaways.
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Aldo returns for UFC 301
UFC International Fight Week receives $250K from Las Vegas tourism board
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority approved more than $1M in funding for “”three different sporting events in separate unanimous votes.” The UFC is one of those events with $250,000 going to the promotion “tied to UFC 303” which occurs June 29th as part of UFC International Fight […]
UFC 299 Prelims on ESPN draw 1.48M viewers
The UFC 299 Prelims on ESPN drew 1.48 million viewers per Sports Media Watch. It drew 748,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo. The telecast had the largest single-network UFC audience since the UFC 272 prelims which also had the UNC-Duke game as a lead-in. This time around the UNC-Duke game drew 3.076 million viewers. In […]
UFC 299 Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at the penultimate PPV before UFC 300, Miami’s UFC 299. O’Malley beats Vera handily, calls out 145 champ Sean O’Malley’s reach, power and precision were on display as he handily defeated an outclassed Marlon Vera in the main event. O’Malley easily retained […]