The UFC announced a 5-year extension of its commitment to the Cleveland Clinic and pledged $1 million to its study on brain injury. The UFC’s donation makes it the largest combat sport contributor to the study. The $1 million contribution will go the clinic’s Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Vegas where the study […]
PBC seeping money, when will it turn around?
Earlier this week, the LA Times’ Larry Pugmire wrote about the state of Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions. In essence, the business strategy is not working thus far. Pugmire looked over commission records, network ratings and the expenditures PBC has paid out. At this point, PBC is seeping money with no end in sight. According […]
UFC Fight Night 81 payouts disclosed
MMA Junkie has obtained the payouts from UFC Fight Night 81 a couple weeks ago in Boston. Travis Browne, Dominick Cruz and Eddie Alvarez led the roster payroll which totaled $1,189,000. Notably, Alvarez had the highest show money of all the athletes for the event. The rest of the payroll via MMA Junkie: Dominick Cruz: […]
Can Fair Use be a defense to use UFC content?
MMA Junkie wrote a very nice piece on Wednesday on the UFC’s crackdown on copyright content. We take a brief look at one of the legal theories that may be a defense to copyright infringement: Fair Use. The article advises about the UFC’s aggressive protection of its marks. Like many copyright owners, it searches online including […]
Kovalev-Pascual II draws 1.179M on HBO
The Sergei Kovalev-Jean Pascual rematch on HBO drew 1.179 million HBO viewers Saturday night according to Sports TV Ratings. Kovalev won a lopsided fight with a stoppage in the 7th round. The main event on HBO peaked at 1.269M viewers. The other fight that aired on HBO saw Dmitry Mikhaylenko defeat Karim Mayfield via unanimous […]