Plaintiffs in the UFC Antitrust Lawsuit filed an Opposition this past Friday to the objections of Bellator, Golden Boy and Top Rank from producing the use of “potential” confidential information at August’s evidentiary hearing. The Plaintiffs hope to utilize deposition testimony from Scott Coker related to Coker’s prior employment at Strikeforce, a copy of a […]
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Bellator MMA 223 draws 386,000 on The Paramount Network for tape-delayed card
Bellator MMA Live 223 drew 386,000 on The Paramount Network Saturday night. The event was a tape-delayed telecast as the show took place earlier in London. The event saw an upset as Rafael Lovato, Jr. defeated Gegard Mousasi to win the Bellator MMA middleweight world championship. The telecast aired on digital streaming service DAZN as […]
The Athletic expands to combat sports, will fans subscribe?
The Athletic unveiled another vertical in its ever-expanding sports journalism business with coverage in combat sports. The expansion gives the sport greater coverage but will the company’s foray into combat sports be rewarded with an uptick in subscribers. Last week MMA coverage was introduced with MMA writing veterans brought on to write about the sport. […]
GGG tops Saturday’s DAZN event payouts
ESPN’s Dan Rafael reported the purses for Saturday night’s Madison Square Garden event featuring Gennady Golovkin. According to Rafael, the official payout for GG was $2 million although its likely he’s getting closer to $15 million. Steve Rolls, his opponent, drew $300,000. Ali Akhmedov earned $25,000. His opponent, Marcus McDaniel received $45,250. Akhmedov defeated McDaniel. […]
Despite loss, AJ sponsor Under Armour is sticking by the boxer
According to the Baltimore Business journal, Saturday’s loss to Ruiz received more news coverage due to the upset than if Joshua would have beat the heavy underdog. Since the event was held on digital streaming service DAZN, still photos were used for coverage by ESPN and other reports. The Under Armour “UA” logo was prominently […]