UFC 329 took place Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The promotion handed out 12 additional paychecks for the event. The easiest of bonuses came when Max Holloway received $25K for a very early stoppage of his main event bout with Conor McGregor. Just seconds into the long-awaited return of McGregor, he […]
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Does Conor McGregor still have the aura?
UFC 239 marks the return (we think) of Conor McGregor to the Octagon. It’s been almost 5 years since McGregor stepped into the Octagon. His last fight, he broke his leg against Dustin Poirier followed by one of the worst post-Octagon interview ever. The recovery was documented in a Netflix series looking at his recovery. […]
UFC selling soundtrack to White House event
Late last week, the UFC announced it was selling the music to the Freedom 250 event at the White House on the president’s birthday. The live band that performed the fighters’ walkout songs throughout the night will be encapsulated…and sold to the public by the UFC. It is available on all major music platforms as […]
TKO responds to allegations of missing discovery in Johnson case
TKO filed its opposition to the Plaintiffs claim that there is missing information in discovery in the Kajan Johnson antitrust lawsuit. Attached to its brief were declarations (see below) from several “prominent” MMA managers supporting the argument that they had no dealings with Dana White with respect to contract negotiations. They all confirmed that they […]
UFC Fight Night Baku bonuses
The UFC returned to Azerbaijan on Saturday with an event in its capital, Baku. The company doled out several bonuses for the evening. Headliner Rafael Fiziev earned a $100K bonus with a 2nd-round KO over Manuel Torres. Asu Almabayev earned $100,000 with a rare submission, the Suloev stretch, over Charles Johnson. Daniil Donchenko earned a […]