Thursday’s hearing on the proposed legislation which would alter the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act (Ali Act) included the statement of Patrick English, a longtime boxing attorney. His statement pointed out a variety of issues with the new law. Patrick English Testimony by MMA Payout English points out the one thing that the Muhammad Ali […]
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Congressional hearing accepts testimony from witnesses on Ali Act Revival
On Thursday morning, a Congressional hearing took place which heard testimony about proposed legislation for the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Revival Act. There were four witnesses: Lawrence Epstein of Zuffa, California State Athletic Executive Andy Foster, Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC) Attorney Pat English and Muhammad Ali’s widow Lonnie Ali provided testimony. Ali, the fourth […]
UFC 323 attendance, gate and bonuses
The final PPV event of the year (and promotion for now) took place on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Dana White announced the attendance at the post-fight press conference. UFC 323 drew 18,603 fans for a gate of $4.7 million. White announced the $50K bonuses which included Petr Yan’s win over Merab Dvalishvili as Fight […]
Volkanovski-Lopes 2 for vacant featherweight title
Dana White announced that Alexander Volkanovski will defend his UFC Featherweight title against Diego Lopes in Australia on January 31 as the main event of UFC 325. Notably, UFC 324 will take place the weekend before in Las Vegas. Volkanovski successfully defended the title against Lopes this past April with a unanimous decision victory at […]
UFC’s first Paramount card announced
Dana White appeared at the halftime of the Cowboys-Chiefs game on CBS to announce the main card at UFC 324 in Las Vegas on January 24th. The headliner will be Justin Gaethje taking on Paddy Pimblett in a matchup of lightweights. The fight will be for the interim UFC lightweight title. The previous titleholder, Ilia […]