UFC Fight Night 266 took place at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. The promotion handed out multiple bonuses in addition to its standard performance and fight of the nights. The Fight of the Night went to Michal Oleksiejczuk and Marc Andre Barriault. The two received $100K each with Oleksiejcuk winning. The Performance of the […]
Mayweather’s claims leave big questions
Earlier this week, Floyd Mayweather filed a lawsuit against Showtime and former Showtime exec Stephen Espinoza claiming that they had defrauded the fighter out of millions of dollars he earned during his years fighting on the Showtime banner. The lawsuit filed over 11 years after his last fight poses some serious questions about its validity. […]
White testifies in spoilation hearing
Dana White was in court testifying before Judge Richard Boulware in the Misha Cirkunov antitrust lawsuit against Zuffa. White spent several hours testifying on the whereabouts of his cell phone. While the morning was mundane with exhaustive questioning about how many phones White had during the time of the lawsuit, the protocol for handing over […]
Mayweather sues Showtime
TMZ Sports was the first to report that Floyd Mayweather is suing Showtime and Stephen Espinoza claiming he is owed millions due to financial fraud. The lawsuit filed in California alleges that Showtime misappropriated funds as part of a “long-running and elaborate scheme of financial fraud” by Al Haymon. In addition, Mayweather claims Espinoza was […]
$100M for Zuffa Boxing?
According to the Thomas Hauser’s article in The Guardian, the deal to bring Zuffa Boxing to Paramount was $100M. You may recall that Paramount/Skydance acquired the media rights for the UFC this year for a deal reported at $1.1 billion a year for 7 years. The deal was for the domestic rights to the UFC […]