Mike Coppinger has joined ESPN as a boxing/MMA analyst after time at The Athletic
Coppinger had been at The Athletic since 2019.
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PFL Studios’ “The Randy Couture Story” docuseries will see its first episode premiere on ESPN, with all episodes then available on ESPN+
The four-episode series will be available in full on ESPN+ following the first episode's premiere on linear ESPN Saturday.
Pat Miletich removed from MMA commentary job with Legacy Fighting Alliance after his presence at U.S. Capitol riot
Miletich has long been a MMA commentator, but won't appear on Friday's LFA broadcaster after his presence at the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.
PFL CEO Peter Murray talks how they’re “busier than ever” with studio projects and preparing new tech for 2021 return
"We doubled down on content and created our own muscle to go direct to fans."
Halle Berry MMA movie, ‘Bruised,’ purchased by Netflix
Berry is also directing the film, in which she plays an MMA fighter making a comeback.
Combate Americas draws record 274,000 viewers in adults 18-49 demo for Garcia-Bandenay event, 511,000 viewers overall
Combate Americas' first fight of 2020 drew a record demo audience on Univision, and was also their second-most-watched event overall on that network.
PFL co-founder and chairman Donn Davis talks their New Year’s Eve title fights and their content plans for 2020
"The PFL is truly building a global league, and the international audience is as important as the U.S. audience."
DAZN reported to have more than 4 million subscribers since starting operation last year
Dependent on boxing and MMA, DAZN hopes to build on its current subscriber base
Dan Le Batard calls MMA “the damn sewer,” says “now we’re telling you the violence is okay” while interviewing Ariel Helwani
"Now, what has happened is Disney sees 'Oh, there's money to be made in MMA,' and Disney's buying everything, and ESPN's buying everything, and now we're telling you that the violence is okay. It wasn't okay before, but now the violence is okay, and now we sell it to you with ESPN+."
Sean O’Connell talks same-night PFL broadcasting and fighting, how the UFC “forgot that the product they’re selling is the fighter”
Ariel Helwani talks “Ariel & The Bad Guy,” says Fox to ESPN is beyond “night and day,” “I never felt [Fox] had my back”
Fox might buy WWE broadcast rights or even the whole company, but offered UFC only a small increase
A report suggests Fox might offer WWE up to $400 million annually, much more than they reportedly offered the UFC.
UFC bans photographer who called Cris Cyborg a ‘dude’ in Instagram post
Mark Aragon won't be allowed back to UFC events after referring to Cris Cyborg as a "dude" and describing her using male pronouns.
