The IBF has filed a Motion to Dismiss in the Jai Opetaia lawsuit. The parties stipulated to move the due dates for the Opposition Brief and Reply. Opetaia’s brief will be due September 22nd while the IBF will also have extra time to file its Reply due October 13th. Notably, Opetaia fights this Saturday on […]
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Appeals Court sets date for oral argument in Zuffa appeal
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a date for oral argument in Zuffa’s appeal of the district court ruling in the Mikhail Cirkunov antitrust lawsuit. The date of the hearing will be Friday, November 20th at 9:00 am in San Francisco. For those keeping score, the Cirkunov lawsuit deals with fighters contracted with the […]
Shapiro addresses fighter pay
TKO President and and Chief Operating Officer Mark Shapiro spoke on Tuesday at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference about the company. He spoke on multiple issues regarding business including UFC, WWE and Zuffa Boxing. One of the issues he spoke about was fighter pay. In the past, Shapiro has hinted of increases in […]
UFC announces an uninspired 332 main event
This past Saturday, the UFC announced its main event for October’s UFC numbered card in Salt Lake City, Utah. The main event will feature Natalia Silva taking on Wang Cong for the vacant UFC Women’s Flyweight Championship. The main event was hindered by injury as Valentina Shevchenko vacated the belt due to an injury that […]
Zuffa files Reply Brief in Cirkunov Antitrust Lawsuit
Zuffa recently filed its Reply Brief in its appeal of the district court’s ruling allowing discovery in the Mikhail Cirkunov lawsuit. Despite the ongoing lawsuit, Zuffa filed the appeal with the Ninth Circuit Court of appeals. Zuffa attempted to move this lawsuit into arbitration based on the clauses in the fighters’ agreements. Attorneys for the […]