Matt Hardy was handed a potential setback from trademarking “Broken Matt Hardy.” The USPTO issued an Office Action which is denying the process for the “Broken Matt Hardy” trademark application. The good news is that Hardy has a chance to respond to the initial decision. Hardy applied to register his “Broken Matt Hardy” gimmick with […]
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Hunt lawsuit will continue after Motion to Dismiss hearing
The Las Vegas Court hearing the Mark Hunt lawsuit has denied the UFC, Dana White and Brock Lesnar’s Motion to Dismiss in part and granted portions of the lawsuit. The upside for Hunt is that it has 10 days to file an amended complaint. The hearing occurred on Monday, but the order was not posted […]
New Jersey Athletic Commission writes open letter to ABC
The state of New Jersey Athletic Commission, sent a letter to the American Boxing Commissions (ABC) requesting that it reconsider the rules regarding a downed fighter and kidney strike rule amendments. New Jersey wrote the letter to urge all athletic commission to one rule set for the sport. The open letter dated May 22, 2017 […]
Anthem exec releases portions of Hardy contract in IP dispute
Ed Nordholm, Executive Vice President of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, sent out an email and attachment of portions of Matt Hardy’s contract related to the use of the “Broken Brilliance” creative which is sparking a potential Intellectual Property dispute between the Hardy’s and its former contractors. MMA Payout obtained a copy of the along with […]
UFC 211: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 211 from Dallas, Texas where two titles were successfully defended. Stipe stops JDS Stipe Miocic withstood a couple stiff leg kicks to stop Junior Dos Santos in the first round of their Heavyweight title fight. Miocic dropped JDS after clipping […]