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Top 10 MMA Business Stories of 2023 – No. 5 Showtime closes sports division

December 24, 2023 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

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 […]

Top 10 MMA Business Stories of 2023 – No. 6 Jake Paul signs with PFL

December 24, 2023 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

You can say it was the year of the Paul brothers. Jake Paul’s signing with PFL brought many to wonder whether he’d crossover to MMA. While that’s still yet to be seen, the Paul name has brought viewers to combat sports. Definitely Paul’s loss to Tommy Fury in 2023 hurt, but Jake came back to […]

Top 10 MMA Business Stories of 2023 – No. 7 UFC-USADA end partnership with bitter split

December 23, 2023 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

I would have thought that Conor McGregor would have made it back into the Octagon in 2023 but that did not happen. This may have been due in part to USADA’s role as enforcer of the UFC Anti-doping policy. In awkward social media post which in hindsight was a way to get ahead of the […]

Top 10 MMA Business Stories of 2023 – No. 8 Dana White selects his own punishment

December 22, 2023 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

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 […]

Zuffa seeking to exclude Le plaintiffs expert Andrew Zimbalist

December 21, 2023 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The final expert that Zuffa has sought to exclude in the Le Antitrust Lawsuit is Dr. Andrew Zimbalist. According to Zuffa, his testimony was to determine Zuffa’s anticompetitive conduct and whether there were potential pro-competitive justifications to the challenged conduct. His job was also to comment on the damages theory set forth by defendants. Andrew […]