MMA Fighting reports the attendance, gate and bonuses for this afternoon’s UFC on Fuel TV 7. The event, held at the Wembley Arena in London, England, drew 10,349 with a gate of $1.3 million. The capacity of Wembley Arena is 12,500 although we do not know if the configuration of the arena had it at […]
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Concessions made by New York may allow UFC in state
In a turn of events on Wednesday, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York was to hear oral arguments in New York’s Motion to Dismiss Zuffa’s First Amended Complaint. Instead, John Schwartz, attorney on behalf of the state of New York made a surprising admission. The attorney representing the Attorney General […]
FUEL TV added to XFinity lineup after Fox-Comcast deal
MMA Fighting reports that Comcast and Fox have struck a deal which will allow Fuel TV on Xfinity cable. The deal improves the viewership audience by an estimated 22 million based on the number of Xfinity cable customers. Terms of the deal were not available but the deal means that a whole new audience of […]
Certification of Dave Meltzer filed in Alvarez-Bellator lawsuit
MMA Fighting and the Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer has filed a certification of UFC PPV numbers in a recent filing in the Eddie Alvarez-Bellator lawsuit. Meltzer, filing on behalf of Alvarez, attests to UFC PPV buy rates and makes an estimate on buy rates featuring GSP and Jon Jones. Notably, in the January 24, 2013 […]
FOIA request reveals little information on government investigation of Zuffa
Recently, I made a FOIA request to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) inquiring about its investigation of Zuffa with respect to its purchase of Strikeforce. The documents provided under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) did not reveal anything of note. The documents consisted of 5 pages. Two pages were form letters, dated January […]