A Los Angeles Federal Magistrate Judge has transferred Bellator’s Motion to Quash Zuffa’s Subpoenas to the Nevada court hearing the antitrust lawsuit. The decision to transfer venue was made on Friday March 17th and done without oral argument. Citing “exceptional circumstances” pursuant to the federal rules governing subpoenas, it determined that the “interests in favor […]
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Povetkin attorneys seek motion for new trial or judgment in its favor
Attorneys for World of Boxing and Alexander Povetkin have filed a motion for judgment as a matter of law and/or a new trial this past Friday. The hearing is scheduled for April 21, 2017 before the trial court judge in New York. A jury determined that Povetkin took the banned substance Meldonium after January 1, […]
Zuffa files opposition to Bellator motion to quash subpoena
Zuffa has filed its opposition to Bellator’s Motion to Quash Subpoenas issued by the company in its lawsuit filed by former fighters. Zuffa argues it is in need of three requests it made to Bellator and made exhaustive attempts (over 18 months) to work with the company on narrowing the scope. Zuffa claims it does […]
Ferguson not paid $250K show money for UFC 209
In an interview with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour this past Monday, Tony Ferguson sounded dejected and indicated that he had yet to receive his show money of $250,000 as disclosed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It appears he’s still waiting for it. MMA Junkie reports that Ferguson received less than half his […]
UFC 209: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. In this edition, we take a look at UFC 209 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Woodley wins rematch with Wonderboy The last seconds of the last round were really the most exciting part of this tactical fight. There was not a lot of action for the […]