Zuffa has filed its Reply Brief in its hopes of Judge Richard Boulware changing his mind with admitting testimony of Joe Silva in the UFC Antitrust Lawsuit. During the evidentiary hearing of Joe Silva, Zuffa attorneys attempted to ask the former matchmaker about “wage share” but was shut down by Plaintiffs who objected to the […]
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More documents from UFC antitrust hearing reveal Joe Silva’s negotiations
More documents were reveled recently in the UFC Antitrust Lawsuit. The documents reveal email communications between Joe Silva and managers regarding contract negotiations for fighters. Overall, it would be hard to call it “negotiations” as the UFC flexed its leverage over fighters in making them capitulate. In one exchange, Silva has a back and forth […]
Plaintiffs in UFC Antitrust Lawsuit file Opposition to Zuffa’s appeal for use of Silva testimony
The Plaintiffs in the UFC Antitrust Lawsuit have filed an Opposition to Zuffa’s Motion for Reconsideration of the inclusion of testimony from Joe Silva. The Court had sided with Plaintiffs in preventing Silva to testify about wage share at his evidentiary hearing last month. Zuffa filed a Motion for Reconsideration seeking that Judge Boulware rethink […]
Zuffa files Motion for Reconsideration regarding Joe Silva Testimony in UFC Antitrust Lawsuit
Zuffa has filed a Motion for Reconsideration from a Court ruling in the UFC Antitrust Lawsuit which sustained an objection and struck portions of the testimony of Joe Silva. The former UFC matchmaker provided testimony in the UFC Antitrust in Richmond, Virginia this past Monday. The Court took issue with the direct examination of Stacy […]
Zuffa, Plaintiffs in Antitrust Lawsuit file supplemental briefs
On Thursday of last week, the parties in the UFC Antitrust Lawsuit filed supplemental briefing per the court’s invitation. The filings represent what amounts to the closing salvo in support or opposition of class certification in the lawsuit. The briefs highlight the expert testimony elicited by the parties through the evidentiary hearings that occurred in […]