Dr. Andrew Zimbalist had the opportunity to offer a rebuttal report in response to a UFC’s economist undressing of his opinion on the damages in the plaintiffs’ case in the UFC antitrust lawsuit. In the report he goes after Zuffa’s economic expert, Dr. Roger Blair as he claims that his analysis “provides no insight into […]
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Zuffa’s economic expert dismisses Plaintiffs’ opinion on damages in Antitrust lawsuit
In the latest round of filings in the UFC Antitrust Lawsuit, the UFC provided an expert report from Roger D. Blair. Dr. Blair’s report was meant to rebut the assertions made by Plaintiffs’ expert Andrew Zimbalist. Dr. Blair’s report argues Dr. Zimbalist’s “yardstick” method of assessing plaintiffs’ damages in the lawsuit was inappropriate and flawed. […]
In UFC Antitrust lawsuit, plaintiffs’ economic expert report compares UFC to pro leagues
MMA Payout takes a look at the 158-page expert report provided by plaintiffs’ economic expert Andrew Zimbalist. Its Dr. Zimbalist’s opinion that Zuffa is attempting to exclude from the case at hand as they take issue with his calculation of damages. As with most of the filings containing sensitive information about Zuffa contract and financial […]
UFC attempts to exclude expert, Plaintiffs file for class certification in latest antitrust lawsuit filings
New filings in the UFC antitrust case filed Friday included plaintiffs’ request for class certification and Zuffa seeking to exclude the testimony of plaintiffs’ expert Andrew Zimbalist. As is customary in litigation, a glut of pages of legal filings were made on a Friday, just in time for the three day President’s Day weekend for […]
Canadian MMA promotion sues WSOF for breach of Franchise Agreement
A Canadian mixed martial arts regional promotion has filed a lawsuit against MMAWC, LLC and associated entities with the World Series of Fighting promotion in Clark County Superior Court in Nevada. The lawsuit, filed on February 1, 2018, also names Carlos Silva, Ray Sefo and Keith Redmond. Aggression Fighting Championship (“AFC”) claims that in mid-2013 […]