Zuffa and Dana White have filed their answering brief in the appeal of Mark Hunt. As you may recall, Hunt filed a lawsuit against the UFC, Dana White and Brock Lesnar in January 2017 accusing the promotion of a conspiracy allowing fighters on PEDs to compete in the UFC. Zuffa Answering Brief by MMA Payout […]
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Court denies Zuffa’s motion for reconsideration on Joe Silva testimony in UFC Antitrust lawsuit
The court in the UFC Antitrust Lawsuit denied a motion for reconsideration by Zuffa as it relates to testimony stricken from the record from Joe Silva. The testimony relates to the former matchmaker’s lack of knowledge of wage share prior to negotiating fighter compensation. As we know from the documents made public in the lawsuit, […]
McMahon will not attempt to buy XFL assets in Bankruptcy Court
Vince McMahon will not repurchase the XFL according to a reply to an objection from unsecured creditors in the Chapter 11 Bankruptcy case. There was speculation about McMahon’s intentions when the proposed timeline to hold an auction of Alpha Entertainment, LLC (the ‘XFL’ company that runs the now defunct league) was determined to be too […]
The Legal Submission Episode 3 looks at UFC contractual waivers
‘UFSEA’ mark applications filed by Zuffa for Fight Island
The UFC has filed trademark applications for UFSEA as it presumably will be used in connection with this summer unveiling of UFC Fight Island, an island that Dana White has put together to hold fights during the COVID-19 pandemic. The filing comes a week after HBO’s John Oliver spoofed the name UF-SEA on his Last […]