The day after Wrestlemania, Endeavor acquired WWE making it the second biggest purchase this year. The plan was to have WWE and UFC combine to make one new company, TKO Holdings. The deal gave WWE an enterprise value of $9.3 billion. Endeavor would own 51% and WWE owned the remaining 49%. From our writeup in […]
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Top 10 MMA Business Stories of 2023 – No. 5 Showtime closes sports division
Although this is more of a boxing story, Showtime closing its sports division meant the end for Bellator. The promotion’s fortune may have been decided independent of the network deciding to cut sports but it ends another outlet for MMA. Prior to Bellator, Strikeforce also was on the premium cable network. Viewers showed scant support […]
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Top 10 MMA Business Stories of 2023 – No. 8 Dana White selects his own punishment
Ironically, the debut of Power Slap started with a video from TMZ showing Dana White and his wife engaged in an argument in which they exchange slapping one another. In a pop culture where everyone complains about being cancelled, White suffered no consequences for his actions. First, the TMZ video was not produced immediately which […]