In a press release sent out last week, Standard & Poor’s Global assigned a rating for the debt involved in the acquisition of the UFC by a group led by WME-IMG. Moody’s Investor Service has sent out its own press release with more details related to the leveraged debt in the acquisition. Per the July […]
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UFC on Fox 20 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC on Fox 20 held another event in Chicago Saturday night. The bonuses included Eddie Wineland, Felice Herrig, Jason Knight and Jim Alers. In addition to the bonuses, UFC on Fox 20 at the United Center drew 10,287 for a live gate of $1 million. The attendance and gate were announced at the post-fight press […]
UFC Holdings, LLC issues credit facility, given ‘B’ rating, outlook ‘negative’ per S&P Global
Per a Standard & Poor’s Global press release Friday UFC Holdings, LLC will issue a $1.45 billion first lien credit facility. The company was assigned a ‘B’ rating on the WME-IMG acquisition. The outlook is projected as negative per the Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings report. The financing for the deal to acquire the UFC […]
Sullivan pulled from UFC on Fox 20 for “potential compliance issue”
USADA has flagged George Sullivan for a “potential compliance issue” with the UFC’s anti-doping policy stemming from “voluntarily disclosed information” Sullivan provided to USADA. Due to this issue, Sullivan has been removed from his fight with Hector Urbina from the UFC on Fox 20 card this Saturday. Sullivan denies the issue on his Facebook page. […]