MMA Payout begins its annual year in review with the UFC Retreat held in Las Vegas in May. Over 300 fighters descended on Vegas to attend. What seemed like a good way to introduce the new ownership to its fighters, the Performance Institute and new sponsors turned into a little more than expected with several […]
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Hunt lawyers seek to include facts about UFC pulling him from Fight Night 121 in lawsuit
On Friday, Mark Hunt’s lawyer filed a motion to supplement its First Amended Complaint according to court papers. The supplemented information appears to include his “unilateral removal (for pretextual reasons) from UFC’s November 2017 “UFC Fight Night 121” card. Hunt claim’s he “incurred in excess of $100,000.00 in damages for the cost of his pre-fight […]
UFC on Fox 26 draws 1.78M viewers
UFC on Fox 26 drew 1.78 million viewers on Fox Saturday night according to Television By Numbers. It is the second lowest rating ever for the UFC shows on Fox for its two-hour block on the network. The ratings, via Television By Numbers, do not reflect the overrun from the main event of Robbie Lawler […]
Loma-Rigo 2nd highest rated boxing telecast on cable this year
Last night’s Vasiliy Lomachenko-Guillermo Rigondeaux fight was the second highest-rated boxing telecast on cable in 2017 according to Nielsen overnight ratings via ESPN. The fight which was won by Lomachenko, was second only to the Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn fight this past July. Although no viewership ratings are yet available, Nielsen indicates that it drew a […]
Court allows discovery to continue in part in Mark Hunt lawsuit
The Court in the Mark Hunt lawsuit has ordered that discover to continue with respect to all claims except for his RICO claims in his First Amended Complaint until the determination of the Motion to Dismiss filed by Zuffa/Dana White and Brock Lesnar. The 3-page ruling indicated that discovery (requests for documents and answering of […]