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Cirkunov v. Zuffa

Dominance responds to Motion to Compel

February 25, 2026 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Dominance MMA, LLC filed an Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel the Production of documents in the Kajan Johnson, et al. antitrust lawsuit against Zuffa. Plaintiffs filed an Order to Show Cause holding Dominance in contempt for not producing documents in the discovery process. As a result Plaintiffs’ request that Dominance be ordered to produce […]

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

Top 10 of 2025 No 3 Phil Davis files antitrust lawsuit

January 1, 2026 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

In addition to the Misha Cirkunov lawsuit, the same attorneys involved in the Le, Johnson and Cirkunov cases filed a case on behalf of Phil Davis. The difference with Davis’ lawsuit is that he requests a change to the landscape of future MMA contracts. Instead of monetary damages which is the primary reason for the […]

Filed Under: Antitrust Class Action, Cirkunov v. Zuffa, Featured, Le v. Zuffa, Phil Davis, Top 10 of 2025, Zuffa

Top 10 of 2025 – No 4 Misha Cirkunov files a lawsuit against Zuffa

December 31, 2025 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

In May 2025, Misha Cirkunov filed an antitrust lawsuit against Zuffa which included fighters that signed a an arbitration agreement two updated fighter contracts. From our post in May 2025: The Complaint appears to be a mirror image of the Le and Johnson cases. However, this one is updated to encompass fighters who had signed […]

Filed Under: Antitrust Class Action, Cirkunov v. Zuffa, Featured, Top 10 of 2025, UFC

Court in Cirkunov sets deadlines for discovery disputes

December 23, 2025 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Judge Richard Boulware held a status conference in the Misha Cirkunov antitrust lawsuit against Zuffa on December 18th. The Court set a number of deadlines to determine several discovery issues including having Dana White testify at some point during hearing that will span two days at the beginning of February (h/t John Nash). There are […]

Filed Under: Antitrust Class Action, Cirkunov v. Zuffa, UFC, Zuffa

Update on discovery disputes in antitrust cases

November 25, 2025 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The parties in the ongoing lawsuits in the Mikhail Cirkunov lawsuits filed Joint Status Reports in preparation for a status conference heard before Judge Boulware last week. The status conference included a disputes over “discovery deficiencies” between the parties. If you are familiar with big time lawsuits (or any civil lawsuit for that matter), there […]

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

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