UFC Fight Night 196 took place Saturday afternoon at The Apex in Las Vegas. Martin Vettori led the way with a Performance Bonus in a hard-hitting main event against Paulo Costa. The Vettori-Costa fight could have been a Fight of the Night but for Costa’s inability to make the original contracted weight of 185 pounds. […]
The Legal Submission 32 – Looking at Zuffa-Johnson antitrust lawsuit
I am back with a diagnosis of the Motion to Dismiss and the opposition to it in Kajan Johnson’s antitrust lawsuit against Zuffa. The lawsuit is similar to the Cung Le lawsuit and Zuffa highlights this in its Motion. Alternatively, there are some arguments Johnson makes in it to protect the fighters post-2017. For a […]
AEW Dynamite’s return to Wednesday: 941K viewers
AEW Dynamite returned to Wednesday night and immediately saw the dividends. It drew 941,000 viewers and ranked 4th overall in cable for Wednesday night per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. AEW drew 0.40 in the A18-49 demo, 023 in F18-49, 0.56 in M18-49, 0.24 in A18-34, 0.15 in F12-34, 0.23 in M12-34, 0.44 in A25-54 and […]
WWE announces partnership for NFT collectibles marketplace
The WWE announced on Wednesday that it was launching an NFT Marketplace for Digital WWE Collectibles. According to the press release WWE and Blockchain Creative Labs will have an exclusive multi-year agreement to launch an NFT marketplace for licensed digital WWE tokens and collectibles. The marketplace will allow for collectors to buy, sell and trade […]
WWE signs trading card deal with Panini as it leaves long-time partner Topps
Sportico reports that the WWE has signed a multi-year deal with The Panini Group to make it the officially licensed collectibles company. The deal will begin in the first quarter of 2022. With the new deal in place, the WWE is leaving Topps as the new deal is in the ‘low-eight figures’ per Sportico. This […]