On Monday, Scott Coker and the leadership group that will comprise this new venture announced Ki MMA. The promotion will start in the first quarter of 2027 with a tournament. The format is 32 flyweight fighters in a single-elimination tournaments on 4 continents. The 4 continent winners will be meeting in an event in which […]
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TKO owns this weekend
There are two very important weekends in boxing. The first is Cinco de Mayo weekend. The first weekend around May 5th has been the center of many big-named fights featuring Mexican boxers. Oscar de la Hoya and then Canelo Alvarez took over this weekend. The second is Mexican Independence Weekend in September. Similarly, boxing promoters […]
Appeals Court sets date for oral argument in Zuffa appeal
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a date for oral argument in Zuffa’s appeal of the district court ruling in the Mikhail Cirkunov antitrust lawsuit. The date of the hearing will be Friday, November 20th at 9:00 am in San Francisco. For those keeping score, the Cirkunov lawsuit deals with fighters contracted with the […]
Don King sends Zuffa Boxing cease and desist
The attorney for Don King sent a cease and desist letter to Zuffa Boxing demanding that his promoted fighter Noel Mikaelian should not be fighting Jai Opetaia as the co-main event of Saturday’s event in Las Vegas. King argues that Zuffa Boxing did not negotiate with Don King Promotions (DKP) for the services of Mikaelian. […]
Zuffa files Reply Brief in Cirkunov Antitrust Lawsuit
Zuffa recently filed its Reply Brief in its appeal of the district court’s ruling allowing discovery in the Mikhail Cirkunov lawsuit. Despite the ongoing lawsuit, Zuffa filed the appeal with the Ninth Circuit Court of appeals. Zuffa attempted to move this lawsuit into arbitration based on the clauses in the fighters’ agreements. Attorneys for the […]