Zuffa has “Renewed” its Motion to Seal Exhibits in its Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Supplemental Complaint. The Court originally denied Zuffa’s Motion to Seal but it now requests the Court once again.
Similar to a Motion for Reconsideration except Zuffa styles the Motion as a “Renewed” Motion. In most instances, filing a Motion for Reconsideration requires new evidence not considered by the Court to prevail. A “Renewed” Motion appears to be the same thing.
According to the Motion, it requests the Court to have the documents to remain sealed until the Court determines the results of it. Originally, the Court was to release the documents on August 6. Based upon a Pacer search, it appears that the Court is honoring this request.
The Court originally denied Zuffa’s Motion to Seal which included, among other things, Hunt’s Bout Agreement for his fight with Derrick Lewis. They also request to seal a Promotional and Ancillary Rights Agreement and a Letter of Agreement between Zuffa and Hunt from August 8, 2014. According to Zuffa, the agreements are predecessors to the 2016 Promotional Agreement. Additionally, there are “three Bout Agreements for different events that took place pursuant to the terms of the parties’ 2016 Promotional Agreement.” Zuffa claims that these are “sensitive commercial information of the parties, the disclosure of which would cause the parties harm and jeopardize their competitive standing in the professional MMA industry.”
Renewed Motion to Seal by JASONCRUZ206 on Scribd
Payout Perspective:
Remember when Demi Moore’s character in “A Few Good Men” ‘strenuously objected’ after the Judge’s objection was overruled. This situation is the same thing. There is no real reason that a Court would rethink a previous ruling unless something arose post-ruling. But, that does not appear to be the case here. If the Court were to rethink its ruling, one might expect an appeal from Hunt’s attorneys. This will be a ruling that the plaintiffs’ attorneys in the Zuffa Antitrust Case will be looking at with interest as well as the lawyers in Leslie Smith’s NLRB case. The reveal of contractual information as to how MMA fighters are paid is a secretive process and unlike wage scales in other sports, payouts in the UFC are held close to the vest. MMA Payout will keep you posted.
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