On Monday, TKO President Mark Shapiro addressed the lack of sponsorship sales this year. Shapiro told CNBC that the second half of the year will see “many mulityear, all high margin, all recurring” sponsors.” Shapiro appeared with TKO CEO Ari Emanuel who was promoting his new memoir. The talk about TKO starts around the 5:05 […]
John Martin steps down as PFL CEO
John Martin announced his resignation from the Professional Fighters League less than a year into his tenure. It also comes less than two months after merging with Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions. In his farewell on social media, he lauded Nakisa Bidarian stating that “he is the natural person to lead this next chapter.” Martin […]
Plaintiffs receive some, not all fees in discovery dispute with Zuffa
A Magistrate Judge determining the discovery dispute between the plaintiffs in the Kajan Johnson antitrust lawsuit has assess attorney fees upon Zuffa. However, it is not as much as the Plaintiffs requested. In February 2026, the Plaintiffs filed this Motion to Compel based on a set of written questions provided to Zuffa. For this, they […]
UFC 331 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC 331 took place on Saturday night at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California. The Fight of the Night went to Joshua Van and Alexandre Pantoja in an action-packed 5-round fight for the Flyweight title. Van earned a unanimous decision victory but both received a $100K bonus. Arman Tsarukyan earned the $100K Performance Bonus […]
After markup session, Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act moves to Senate floor vote
Wednesday was the day that the Senate Committee dealing with the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act (“Ali Act”) earmarked for any revisions on changes to the current version of the Ali Act in the Senate. But, there were no changes made to the one presented at a hearing this past July. The one notable […]