contracts

Intellectual Property Rights Under the Zuffa Standard Contract

July 16, 2009 by Staff 1 Comment

Guest columnist David Nelmark (attorney and author of MixedMartialArtsLawBlog.com) offers his thoughts on the UFC® Exclusive Promotional and Ancillary Rights Agreement as it pertains to intellectual property rights. If you spend much time with MMA fighters, sooner or later you will hear one say that he’d sell his soul for a chance to compete in […]

Report: UFC & Couture Negotiating; Possibly Lesnar in November

August 30, 2008 by Kelsey Philpott

Bloodyelbow.com is reporting that the UFC is currently in negotiations with Randy Couture for a potential return to the Octagon in November to fight heavyweight blue chipper and former WWE star Brock Lesnar. It’s worth noting that aside from Florian vs. Stevenson, no other fight, let alone a main event, has been booked for UFC […]

Fighter Salaries: Questionable UFC Contract Provisions

July 4, 2008 by Kelsey Philpott Leave a Comment

While I can appreciate the desire on behalf of the UFC to control all aspects of its company – whether it be information flow, contracts, or the production of its events – ultimately I see the need for a little give on one, if not all of these areas. Obviously, the topic of discussion for […]

Fighter Salaries: Minimum Fighter Payouts

July 2, 2008 by Kelsey Philpott Leave a Comment

The first problem to be addressed is that of the minimum payouts for UFC fighters. I believe the lowest payout figures to be released this year were a few $3000 show/win contracts like the one given to Goran Reljic at UFC 84. Many have been quick to criticize the UFC for these payouts as they […]

Fighter Salaries: Addressing The Problems

July 1, 2008 by Kelsey Philpott Leave a Comment

As a follow-up to Fighter Salaries: The Problems With Revenue Linking, in the coming days I will be examining potential suggestions that could help to improve the hotly contested MMA issue that is fighter pay. For the sake of convenience – and also because they are the “800 lbs. gorilla in the room” – most […]