MMA Junkie reports that Daniel Cormier has signed an 8 fight deal with the UFC. According to the article, he had 4 fights left on his previous deal. The report also states that “there wasn’t much in the way of negotiating the new one.” Cormier indicated he got what he wanted but did not disclose […]
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Top Rank files Second Amended Complaint against Haymon
Top Rank Boxing filed its Second Amended Complaint against Al Haymon and his assorted businesses on Friday in federal court in Los Angeles. The third try at suing Haymon provides more detail about its allegations in hopes of surviving another attempt to dismiss its action. The court granted Al Haymon’s Motion to Dismiss last month. […]
Plaintiffs get pre-discovery win in UFC antitrust lawsuit
As discovery begins in the UFC antitrust lawsuit brought by former fighters, plaintiffs attained a favorable ruling Wednesday as the court will allow one of the plaintiffs’ attorney, Rob Maysey, to access documents in discovery. The UFC identified Maysey as a “competitor” and wanted him precluded from access to some of the company’s confidential documents in […]
UFC announces details of drug testing policy
The UFC announced details of its new drug policy at a press conference Wednesday. The United States Anti-Doping Agency will take the reins as a third-party administrator for the UFC policy. The new rules will take effect July 1, 2015. Among the new shift in policy is that contracted UFC fighters will be subject to year-round […]
Kovalev-Stevenson will not happen this year
While we’ve seen Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions come out to mainly positive reviews as his promotion is seemingly everywhere, there is still acrimony between rival promoters due to network affiliations. Take the ongoing struggle between representatives for Adonis Stevenson and Sergey Kovalev. Recently, Kovalev’s promoter withdrew from its purse bid for a chance to […]