The primary season of Dana White‘s Energy Slap League will culminate in a reside pay-per-view occasion this March.
Emanating from The UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Energy Slap will crown its first champions on March 11 per a report from Sports activities Illustrated. The occasion will characteristic the finals of 4 completely different weight lessons together with heavyweight, gentle heavyweight, middleweight, and welterweight. The cardboard will likely be headlined by a heavyweight title match between Energy Slap: Street to the Title coaches Darius ‘The Destroyer’ Mata-Varona and ‘Wolverine’ Ron Bata.
Energy Slap Sees Enchancment in Week Two Numbers
The announcement comes as considerably of a shock contemplating the criticism Dana White and firm have acquired since its inception. With a lowly 295,000 viewers for its debut episode, many assumed Dana White’s newest pet challenge was on borrowed time, however Energy Slap has seen a glimmer of hope in its second week. Other than spectacular numbers on social media, Energy Slap noticed its viewership enhance to 413,000 in week two, although that’s nonetheless lower than half the viewers its lead-in program, All Elite Wrestling, brings in on a weekly foundation. Which means greater than half of the AEW viewers continues to be opting to vary the channel.
The promotion has acquired vital backlash from followers and fighters who’ve labeled the product as nothing greater than sanctioned mind trauma. Including insult to harm, former UFC competitor Eric Spicely revealed that members within the slap-fighting promotion acquired a pathetic $2,000 to point out and $2,000 to win.
The identical evening that Energy Slap wraps up its first season on pay-per-view, the UFC will current a Battle Night time card airing reside from The Theater at Virgin Motels in Las Vegas. The occasion will characteristic a top-five bantamweight conflict between former titleholder Petr Yan and No. 3 ranked contender Merab Dvalishvili.
Will you shell out your hard-earned cash to observe the Energy Slap finals on pay-per-view subsequent month?
