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Top 10 MMA Business Stories of 2023 – No. 8 Dana White selects his own punishment

December 22, 2023 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Ironically, the debut of Power Slap started with a video from TMZ showing Dana White and his wife engaged in an argument in which they exchange slapping one another. In a pop culture where everyone complains about being cancelled, White suffered no consequences for his actions. First, the TMZ video was not produced immediately which […]

Filed Under: Dana White, Endeavor, ESPN, Featured, Power Slap, UFC

Zuffa seeking to exclude Le plaintiffs expert Andrew Zimbalist

December 21, 2023 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The final expert that Zuffa has sought to exclude in the Le Antitrust Lawsuit is Dr. Andrew Zimbalist. According to Zuffa, his testimony was to determine Zuffa’s anticompetitive conduct and whether there were potential pro-competitive justifications to the challenged conduct.  His job was also to comment on the damages theory set forth by defendants. Andrew […]

Filed Under: Antitrust Class Action, Featured, Le v. Zuffa, legal

Top 10 MMA Business Stories of 2023 – No. 9 Power Slap is a thing

December 21, 2023 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The league creation of Power Slap, where people willingly slap one another in hopes of not being concussed so they can do the same, became a reality in 2023. Zuffa’s cache with networks gave it the ability to put this debacle on the air with the hopes (no one admits out loud) that it would […]

Filed Under: Featured, Power Slap, ratings, TBS, UFC

UFC 296 Prelims draw average of 925K viewers

December 20, 2023 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

UFC 296 on ESPN2 drew 925,000 viewers this past Saturday per Sports Media Watch. The telecast drew 565,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo. UFC 296 prelims aired on ESPN2 due to College Football on ESPN. The featured event saw Alonzo Menifield defeat Dustin Jacoby via unanimous decision. However, the fight prior to the feature drew […]

Filed Under: ESPN, ratings, UFC

Top 10 MMA Business Stories of 2023 – No. 10 Mark Hunt’s lawsuit against the UFC is over

December 19, 2023 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Once again MMA Payout takes a look at the 10 biggest MMA stories of the year. This year, it will be easy to come up with the top 4 or 5 stories of the year as 2023 was actioned-packed with lawsuits, acquisitions, closures and a big departure. But the number 10 story of the year […]

Filed Under: Featured, Hunt v. Zuffa, Top 10 of 2023

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