Earlier this week, Floyd Mayweather filed a lawsuit against Showtime and former Showtime exec Stephen Espinoza claiming that they had defrauded the fighter out of millions of dollars he earned during his years fighting on the Showtime banner. The lawsuit filed over 11 years after his last fight poses some serious questions about its validity. […]
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UFC 325 Payout Perspective
UFC 325 took place Saturday at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. It was the second straight week of UFC events on Paramount. Volkanovski still Great 37-year-old Alexander Volkanovski showed that he still has it with a successful title defense against Diego Lopes. Volk won a hard-earned unanimous decision over Lopes and solidified himself […]
Did Foster lobby for legislation without seeing Zuffa Boxing contracts?
Thomas Hauser wrote an article in The Guardian this week which detailed fighter contracts for the newly formed Zuffa Boxing which had its debut last Friday. Of the notable items in the revealing article, it notes that California State Athletic Commission head Andy Foster admitted to not seeing a Zuffa Boxing contract. While one could […]
Judge Boulware issues order Zuffa will not be happy with in Johnson antitrust case
Judge Richard Boulware issued a Supplemental Order on Tuesday in response to Zuffa’s attempt to stay a discovery order issued on January 6th. As a result, Judge Boulware gave a detailed accounting of the discovery issues. This includes calling out Zuffa for an “unfortunate pattern of obfuscation and discovery violations.” Judge Boulware also noted that […]
Zuffa files emergency appeal to Ninth Circuit in Kajan Johnson case
Last week, the UFC filed an emergency appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals seeking relief so that it would not have to turn over discovery to plaintiffs in the Kajan Johnson antitrust lawsuit. Procedurally, the emergency motion is seeking a Court Order for an administrative stay and stay the district court order granting […]