A Canadian mixed martial arts regional promotion has filed a lawsuit against MMAWC, LLC and associated entities with the World Series of Fighting promotion in Clark County Superior Court in Nevada. The lawsuit, filed on February 1, 2018, also names Carlos Silva, Ray Sefo and Keith Redmond. Aggression Fighting Championship (“AFC”) claims that in mid-2013 […]
Archives for February 2018
Jon Jones CSAC hearing set for February 27th
The California State Athletic Commission will have a hearing in Anaheim on Tuesday, February 27th to address an appeal from Jon Jones’ doping violation and license suspension from UFC 214. The agenda posted by the CSAC website confirmed the hearing. Jones was suspended after winning the UFC Light Heavyweight title in Anaheim this past July. […]
Alliance MMA cleans house of C-Suite officers according to SEC filing
Alliance MMA announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Paul K. Danner III, resigned as an officer of the Company effectively immediately according to a February 7, 2018 SEC Filing. In addition, it terminated the employment of the Company’s President, Robert Haydak, and its Chief Marketing Officer James Byrne. Danner will stay on with Alliance MMA […]
UFC 221: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at the UFC’s first event in Perth for UFC 221. Romero misses weight but KO’s Rockhold Yoel Romero missed weight which threw the main event into question. Romero was fined 30% of his fight purse which was given to Rockhold. The awkward […]
UFC 221 Prelims on FS1 draw 697,000 viewers
The UFC 221 on FS1 drew 697,000 viewers Saturday night per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The telecast featured Dong Hyun Kim earned a split decision over Damien Brown. Also on the telecast, Israel Adesanya stopped Rob Wilkinson, Alex Volkanovski stopped Jeremy Kennedy and Justin Formiga submitted Ben Nguyen. The two-hour telecast drew 0.21 in the […]