The UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy was revealed Thursday and it has brought up the question as to the independent contractor status of UFC contracted fighters. Bleacher Report was the first to report on the new policy which details the responsibilities of fighters and their corners. A newly established UFC Equipment Department has been put in […]
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Golden Boy-Schaefer settle lawsuit, avoid arbitration
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports that Richard Schaefer and Golden Boy have settled its lawsuit arising out of Schaefer’s departure from the boxing promotion last year. The settlement leaves Al Haymon with several key boxers for a shwow . Golden Boy sought private arbitration to settle the departure of Schaefer from this past spring. […]
Zuffa wins court case lifting TV ban on UFC
The UFC announced that a German court has ruled a broadcast ban imposed by the Bavarian State Media Authority (BLM) on UFC events is “illegitimate” and therefor annulled. The Administrative Court in Munich, Germany declared the UFC “a plausible sport.” The initial ban arose in 2010 out of what BLM believed to be “undesirable” programming […]
Nevada AG may review Jones’ commission testimony
MMA Fighting reports that the Attorney General of Nevada is looking into whether it will investigate the possibility that UFC light heavyweight champ lied under oath while testifying before the Nevada State Athletic Commission this past September. Based on the commission review of the incident including Jones’ testimony, he was fined $50,000 and given 40 […]
2014: a look at some of the business issues in boxing
MMA Payout takes a quick review of 2014 in the sport of boxing. 2014 was an interesting year for the sport as boxing began to expand with more PPVs than the standard Pacquiao and Mayweather bi-yearly events. Canelo Alvarez faced Alfredo Angulo in March (the event drew an impressive 350,000 PPV buys), Sergio Martinez faced […]