The parties in the ongoing lawsuits in the Mikhail Cirkunov lawsuits filed Joint Status Reports in preparation for a status conference heard before Judge Boulware last week. The status conference included a disputes over “discovery deficiencies” between the parties. If you are familiar with big time lawsuits (or any civil lawsuit for that matter), there […]
Le v. Zuffa
Report on the distribution of net settlement fund in Le-Zuffa antirust settlement
Last week, a settlement report was provided to the Court in the settlement of the Cung Le-Zuffa antitrust lawsuit. The mandatory report provided an update on the distribution of the agreed upon $375 million settlement between the plaintiffs and defendants in the case. Communications were sent out to members of the class identified in the […]
Phil Davis files potential class action antitrust lawsuit against TKO/Zuffa for non-UFC fighters
Former UFC light heavyweight Phil Davis has filed a lawsuit in the Federal Court of Nevada which seeks to turn the business of MMA on its head. Davis’ lawsuit is an offshoot of the now-settled Cung Le, et al. v. Zuffa, the current Kajan Johnson, et al. v. Zuffa and the recently filed Mikhail Cirkunov, […]
Another UFC fighter files an antitrust lawsuit
Mikhail Cirkunov has filed a new antitrust lawsuit against Zuffa in Nevada Federal Court. The lawsuit will be assigned to Judge Richard Boulware who presided over the Le case and currently the Kajan Johnson case. The Complaint appears to be a mirror image of the Le and Johnson cases. However, this one is updated to […]
TKO reports Q4 2024 earnings
TKO reported its 4th quarter earnings for 2024 and beat analyst expectations yet again. Overall, the owners of the WWE and UFC reported total revenue for Q4 of $642.2 million and adjusted earnings before taxes, interest, depreciation and amortization of $238.1 million. But the UFC legal settlement in the Cung Le, et al. lawsuit caused […]