John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal explains why Monday Night Football has been so successful on ESPN: Howard Katz, the NFL’s senior vice president of broadcasting and media operations, is the executive tasked with creating the broadcasters’ schedules. He said the best “Monday Night Football” games on ESPN are the ones that allow the […]
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UFC 106 Prelims on Spike
The UFC 106 Prelims on SpikeTV drew an average 1.3 million viewers last Saturday for a household rating of 1.0. It also delivered more in the key demographics than college football on the same night: “UFC 106 Prelims” on Spike TV delivered 1.3 million viewers and a 1.0 household rating on Saturday, November 21 (9:00-10:00pm […]
White on WEC, Injuries, McMahon, and Carano
UFC 106 Payouts
Courtesy of the Nevada State Athletic Commission: Forrest Griffin, $250,000 (including $150,000 win bonus) def. Tito Ortiz, $250,000 Josh Koscheck, $106,000 (including $53,000 win bonus) def. Anthony Johnson, $17,000 Amir Sadollah, $30,000 (including $15,000 win bonus) def. Phil Baroni, $25,000 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, $100,000 (including $30,000 win bonus) def. Luis Arthur Cane, $19,000 Paulo Thiago […]
Ratner on Judging and Officiating in MMA
UFC VP of Regulatory Affairs, Marc Ratner, took some time to speak with Heavy.com in regards to officiating and judging in MMA over the weekend: Payout Perspective: Ratner always seems to add that big picture perspective that the MMA community so desperately needs every once in a while. MMA doesn’t have an ideal system right […]