2ND UPDATE wth charges filed: UFC fighter Conor McGregor has been criminally charged in connection with Thursday’s brawl at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. McGregor, who attacked a van carrying rival fighters after a press conference at the arena ahead of Saturday’s UFC 223 card, was charged with felony criminal…

Showtime said today that its much-hyped Floyd Mayweather Jr-Conor McGregor fight Saturday on pay-per-view is tracking near a record total, with preliminary numbers showing a number in the mid- to high-4 million range for buys. Final numbers are expected by the end of next week. The current mark was set in May 2015 by t…

UPDATED with refund offer, fight re-airing: An Oregon fight fan who ordered Saturday’s Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Conor McGregor fight has filed a class-action lawsuit against Showtime after he said his and many others’ livestreams failed during the bout, in which Mayweather TKO’d the upstart UFC champ in the 10th…

Updated with Fathom’s official Sunday estimate. While Showtime will release the PPV revenue figures from last night’s fight in about a week, Fathom Events is reporting that their theatrical broadcast of the Floyd Mayweather, Jr.-Conor McGregor grossed $2.6M at 532 movie theaters. ComScore previously had a $2.4M figure…

After months of hype, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor stepped in the ring for a historical fight, with Mayweather winning by TKO in the 10th round. Mayweather’s win against the UFC fighter puts his record at 50-0, surpassing Rocky Marciano’s record of 49-0. The fight, which was proposed by Conan O'Brien two…

UPDATE 8:45 PM PST: Showtime PPV says it’s on! Mayweather-McGregor fight about to start, says Showtime. UPDATE 8:31 PM PST: The Mayweather-McGregor main event fight has been delayed due to pay-per-view issues and outages, according to ESPN. As fans were pumped and read to watch the historic Floyd Mayweather and Conor…

Dwayne Johnson took to Instagram to let us know that he will be lending his voice to the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight. No, he won’t be singing the national anthem, but he will be doing a voiceover for the “bad ass” introduction. In his post, he said “I connected with my boy Conor this week. His intentions go…

On Saturday night, a pay-per-view event stands to score an estimated U.S. take of $500M-plus. If it were a movie, that figure easily would land in the list of 10 top-grossing films of all time. Obviously we’re taking about the boxing match between the undefeated, five-division, 11-time world boxing champ Floyd…

This year’s fight of the century just got bigger — well, the images did. The August 26 cross-training bout between undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and UFC star and ex-pugilist Conor McGregor will be shown in select movie theaters around the country. The bout marks the first time champions from boxing and MMA…

Showtime has shifted the premiere date of its Whitney Houston documentary Whitney: Can I Be Me, moving it up a day to Friday, August 25 at 9 PM. It originally was scheduled to bow August 26, but that’s the now-settled date for the Floyd Mayweather Jr-Conor McGregor fight that will air on Showtime PPV live from Las…

The long-in-the-works negotiations to pit multiple world-title-winning boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and UFC champ Conor McGregor in the boxing ring are now a done deal, and it is certain to be a knockout for pay-per-view cash and Showtime. Mayweather, semi-retired from his unblemished 49-0 boxing career that featured…