I had the chance to attend the first of three ONE Championship media events here in the United States. This ‘meet and greet’ took place at the Southwest Boys & Girls Club in Seattle, Washington. Prior to the event I had the opportunity to talk with Demetrious Johnson, Rich Franklin and Miesha Tate. One point […]
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ESPN and PFL enter into multi-year deal to air on network and ESPN+
ESPN and The Professional Fighters League (PF) have reached a multi-year deal with the network making it the home of the promotion. It will now become stablemates with the UFC on the network as it begins its second season of the PFL format in May. ESPN and ESPN+ will become the exclusive media home for […]
GSP announces retirement
On Thursday, Georges St-Pierre announced his retirement from the UFC. He will go down as one of the greatest fighters in UFC history and one of its key draws as the company tried to gain a foothold in mainstream sports landscape. Before Ronda Rousey, Conor McGregor or the superfight, GSP was the key to PPV […]
Court dismisses all but one claim in Mark Hunt’s lawsuit against the UFC
In a 28-page order filed on Thursday, the United States District Court of Nevada dismissed all but one of UFC fighter Mark Hunt’s claims in his lawsuit alleging among its claims breach of contract, fraud and RICO Violations against the UFC. The Order dismissed White and Lesnar in the lawsuit leaving just the UFC as […]
UFC 234: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. In this edition, we take a look at UFC 234 in Brisbane, Australia. Adesanysa defeats idol in main event With Robert Whittaker needing emergency surgery for a hernia, his middleweight title fight against Kelvin Gastelum was scratched and Anderson Silva-Israel Adesanya was inserted at the top of the […]