MMA Junkie reports that Bellator has signed Michael Chandler to a “long term deal” with the organization. According to Bellator, the signing makes Chandler one of the highest paid lightweights. According to Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney, Chandler will be with Bellator for a “minimum of eight fights.” Ironically, Chandler’s deal was made easier due to […]
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Alvarez-Bellator lawsuit enters settlement discussions
The Eddie Alvarez-Bellator situation may be drawing closer to a possible settlement as Patrick English, attorney for Bellator, sent a letter to the Court requesting an extension of time to respond to Alvarez’s Counterclaims. The parties have agreed to the extension until March 1, 2013 and the Court approval should be a mere formality. Mr. […]
Benson Henderson gets new deal
Benson Henderson has received a new 8 fight deal with the UFC. The current lightweight UFC champion tweeted thanks to his manager and lawyer for hammering out the details last night. No monetary terms of the deal have been released as the information was just passed along by the fighter via twitter. Henderson had been […]
Arbitrator rules in favor of Top Rank in fight for Donaire
Yahoo! Sports is reporting that an arbitrator has ruled in favor of Top Rank Boxing in its fight to keep boxing star Nonito Donaire under contract. Donaire is currently the WBC and WBO Bantamweight champ. Via Kevin Iole at Yahoo!: Golden Boy signed Donaire after Donaire had declared that he was a free agent and […]
Zuffa v. Bellator/Pavia Litigation: Bellator Asserts Claim For Defamation
Zuffa v. Bellator/Pavia Litigation: Bellator Asserts Claim Against Julian Gregorio for Defamation & Some Theory of Misappropriation Based on Alleged Leak to Zuffa Following up on my coverage of Zuffa’s lawsuit against Bellator and Pavia — — a post with earlier links is here and here is my most recent post on the Court’s denial […]