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Court in Cirkunov sets deadlines for discovery disputes

December 23, 2025 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Judge Richard Boulware held a status conference in the Misha Cirkunov antitrust lawsuit against Zuffa on December 18th. The Court set a number of deadlines to determine several discovery issues including having Dana White testify at some point during hearing that will span two days at the beginning of February (h/t John Nash). There are […]

Filed Under: Antitrust Class Action, Cirkunov v. Zuffa, UFC, Zuffa

Top 10 of 2025: 10 – UFC at the White House

December 23, 2025 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Do we think UFC knew of this prior to Donald Trump’s announcement that he wanted UFC fights on The White House lawn this summer or the UFC scrambled to make this a vision? On July 4th, Donald Trump gave a speech and among his ramblings pronounced that on the 250th Anniversary of the United States, […]

Filed Under: Dana White, Top 10 of 2025, UFC Tagged With: Donald Trump, UFC, White House, Zuffa

Paul’s loss highlights boxing’s downfall

December 21, 2025 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Perhaps the politicians in the pocket of TKO speaking at the Ali Act Boxing Revival Act were right. America boxing is stagnant. Arguably, boxing’s biggest draw, Jake Paul finally fought a boxer with a pedigree – Anthony Joshua. The former boxing Olympian and heavyweight champion’s career is in its sunset, but he still knows how […]

Filed Under: Featured, Netflix, UFC

UFC Vegas 112 bonuses

December 14, 2025 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The UFC held its last event of the year at The Apex on Saturday night. The promotion handed out the final bonuses of 2025. Manel Kape earned a $50K bonus and propelled himself into title contention with a first round KO of Brandon Royval. Kape knocked Royval down and appeared out but he may have […]

Filed Under: bonuses, UFC

Francis Ngannou eyeing Jon Jones fight

December 11, 2025 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Francis Ngannou will be a free agent soon. Will a fight with Jon Jones be next? Ngannou appeared on Ariel Helwani’s show to discuss a variety of issues including that his PFL contract is ending soon. When pressed, Ngannou said that his contract is ending “soon.” Helwani asked if he would be interested in a […]

Filed Under: PFL, UFC

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