The plaintiff in the Conor McGregor lawsuit claiming injury to a thrown can during the August 2016 pre-fight press conference at UFC 202 was dealt a huge blow in discovery as the Court denied motions to compel financial information from McGregor and his deposition. William Pegg claims he was injured as a result of McGregor […]
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Egg whites and a UFC contract: Cung Le depo transcript reveals his signing with Zuffa
Cung Le met with Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta in person to discuss signing with the UFC over egg whites at the UFC’s offices according to the released depo transcript attached to Zuffa’s Motion for Summary Judgment. His testimony reveals that he was “stuck” in his UFC contract a year and a half after he […]
Court changes course, rules in favor of Zuffa to seal and redact docs in Mark Hunt case
The Court in the Mark Hunt lawsuit against Zuffa, Dana White and Brock Lesnar granted Zuffa’s Renewed Motion to File Exhibits Under Seal and To Redact a Portion of Their Reply Brief. Notably, Plaintiff did not file a response to oppose the “renewed motion.” Originally, the court denied Zuffa’s request which seeks to seal and […]
Details of Zuffa exec deposition reveals questions on exclusivity provisions, right to match and toy deals
Zuffa filed its Motion for Summary Judgment in which it wishes to dismisses the antitrust lawsuit filed by ex-fighters. MMA Payout takes a look at some of the deposition testimony attached as exhibits to the motion. This is the first of a series. In order to prove its case, Zuffa attaches portions of the deposition […]
Plaintiffs in UFC Antitrust Lawsuit Oppose Sealing of Documents by Zuffa in latest legal filing
Plaintiffs in the UFC Antitrust lawsuit have filed an opposition to Zuffa’s request for a Motion to Seal documents in its Motion for Summary Judgment. Plaintiffs argue that the documents requested by Zuffa to seal from public view do not contain trade secrets, commercially sensitive information, are of public knowledge and are too old to […]