Former boxing heavyweight champion Tyson Fury returns to the ring with a fight against Arslan Makhmudov on April 11th on Netflix. The 37-year-old claimed to have retired last year after two losses to Oleksandr Usyk. But, as with everyone in combat sports, no one ever really retires. The Ring will be promoting this fight as […]
Judge Boulware issues order Zuffa will not be happy with in Johnson antitrust case
Judge Richard Boulware issued a Supplemental Order on Tuesday in response to Zuffa’s attempt to stay a discovery order issued on January 6th. As a result, Judge Boulware gave a detailed accounting of the discovery issues. This includes calling out Zuffa for an “unfortunate pattern of obfuscation and discovery violations.” Judge Boulware also noted that […]
UFC touts viewership success with Paramount+ debut
The UFC drew a huge viewership number for its debut on Paramount+ per a press release which touted 5.93 million concurrent streams watched Saturday’s UFC. It was the first event on the streaming platform which the UFC inked this past August for $1.1 Billion per year for 7 years. Per statistics from Adobe Analytics and […]
Zuffa files emergency appeal to Ninth Circuit in Kajan Johnson case
Last week, the UFC filed an emergency appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals seeking relief so that it would not have to turn over discovery to plaintiffs in the Kajan Johnson antitrust lawsuit. Procedurally, the emergency motion is seeking a Court Order for an administrative stay and stay the district court order granting […]
Zuffa Boxing 01 Bonuses
Zuffa Boxing debuted this past Friday at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Similar to the UFC, Dana White gave out fight bonuses in addition to the fighter purses. Julian Rodriguez was the bigger winner bringing home a $100,000 bonus for his performance and a Fight of the Night with Cain Sandoval. Rodriguez is […]