Zuffa has filed its Reply Brief in support of Objections to Plaintiffs’ Exhibit List. In the pleading, they support their initial argument that reports in the Golden Boy Antitrust lawsuit are inadmissible. Zuffa contends that the exhibits that Plaintiffs are attempting to use should not be admitted into evidence. Specifically, the Deetz Expert Report from […]
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Faber tops UFC Sacramento payouts
MMA Payout has obtained the salaries from this Saturday’s UFC event in Sacramento. The salaries for the event totaled $804,000. Via California State Athletic Commission: Benito Lopez $12,000/$12,000 = $24,000 Vince Morales $14,000 Livia Souza $12,000 Briana Van Buren $12,000/$12,000 Liu Pingyuan $14,000 Jonathan Martinez $14,000/$14,000 = $28,000 Darren Elkins $62,000 […]
UFC on ESPN + 13 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC on ESPN + 13 took place Saturday night in Sacramento, California. The event drew 10,306 fans for a gate of $938,734.17 according to the company post-event. The event took place at Golden1Center in Sacramento and featured local favorite Aspen Ladd taking on Germaine de Randamie in a battle of bantamweights. Also, it featured the […]
Zuffa responds to Plaintiffs’ Objections to its summary of exhibits in Antitrust lawsuit
Zuffa has responded to Plaintiffs’ Objections to its Exhibit List in the ongoing Antitrust Lawsuit. They argue in support of utilizing summary exhibits and call plaintiffs’ objections ‘baseless.’ Per order of the Court, the sides exchanged exhibit lists which will be used at the Expert hearings in late August and mid-September. Defendant’s Oppo to Pla… […]
ONE CEO & Founder talks U.S. expansion and how it will be different from UFC in SBJ interview
In an interview with the Sports Business Journal, ONE Championship’s Chatri Sityodtong talked about the company’s inroads into the United States. The company’s Founder and CEO described ONE as the power in the Eastern hemisphere and the UFC as the power in the Western hemisphere to comprise of a global duopoly in the field of […]