Zuffa has responded to Plaintiffs’ letter to the Court requesting a status conference on outstanding discovery issues. In its letter to the Court, they clarify issues asserted for the Plaintiffs and indicate that they are willing to extend the fact discovery deadline until June 15, 2017 but no new fact discovery requests. The fact discovery […]
White announces GSP out, Romero in as next challenger for Bisping
Dana White has reversed course and announced that Michael Bisping will defend his middleweight title against Yoel Romero and the announced fight with Georges St-Pierre is off for now. White told UFC Fox Australia that Bisping will defend his UFC middleweight title against Yoel Romero. Although nothing officially announced, one suspects that the fight will […]
Report: initial estimate for Canelo-GGG is at least 1M PPV buys
ESPN’s Dan Rafael tweeted that this past Saturday’s fight between Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. did “at least 1 million buys.” The report, if verified, is better than most expectations and is the best boxing PPV since the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather, Jr. fight back in May 2015. No official numbers yet for #CaneloChavez […]
Second securities lawsuit filed against Alliance MMA
A second securities lawsuit has been filed against Alliance MMA for claims that it misled investors. The new lawsuit filed May 3rd is in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and seeks class action status. The lawsuit arises out of an amendment made by the company which trades on […]
GGG-Canelo set for September 16th
Immediately after the Canelo-Chavez fight Saturday night, it was announced that Alvarez would face Gennady Golovkin in September. Obviously, what looked like an impromptu faceoff was planned well-ahead of time with the belief Canelo would win. For those that watched the event, Canelo easily handled Chavez and won by unanimous decision. GGG was in attendance […]