Bellator 271 takes place on Friday from Hollywood, Florida. The event is headlined by Cris Cyborg defending her Bellator featherweight title against Sinead Kavanagh. I had a chance to interview several of the fighters on the card.
Justin Gonzales faces Aaron Pico.
Pam Sorenson takes on Arlene Blencowe.
Cody Law takes on Colton Hamm.
Taylor Turner takes on Valerie Loureda.
The Canelo Alvarez-Caleb Plant fight drew a gate at the MGM Grand Garden Arena of $18 million per multiple news outlets including Lance Pugmire and Dan Rafael. It also was reported on Thursday that the PPV drew a domestic buy estimate of 800,000 buys over linear and digital platforms. Notably, the digital platforms are beginning to rise as opposed to traditional satellite and cable buys which is promising for promoters as they share a percentage of sales with the linear platforms. The buy rate does not account for international markets which likely had a robust buy rate due to the popularity of Alvarez in Mexico.