On Monday, TKO President Mark Shapiro addressed the lack of sponsorship sales this year. Shapiro told CNBC that the second half of the year will see “many mulityear, all high margin, all recurring” sponsors.” Shapiro appeared with TKO CEO Ari Emanuel who was promoting his new memoir. The talk about TKO starts around the 5:05 […]
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Plaintiffs receive some, not all fees in discovery dispute with Zuffa
A Magistrate Judge determining the discovery dispute between the plaintiffs in the Kajan Johnson antitrust lawsuit has assess attorney fees upon Zuffa. However, it is not as much as the Plaintiffs requested. In February 2026, the Plaintiffs filed this Motion to Compel based on a set of written questions provided to Zuffa. For this, they […]
UFC 331 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC 331 took place on Saturday night at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California. The Fight of the Night went to Joshua Van and Alexandre Pantoja in an action-packed 5-round fight for the Flyweight title. Van earned a unanimous decision victory but both received a $100K bonus. Arman Tsarukyan earned the $100K Performance Bonus […]
After markup session, Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act moves to Senate floor vote
Wednesday was the day that the Senate Committee dealing with the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act (“Ali Act”) earmarked for any revisions on changes to the current version of the Ali Act in the Senate. But, there were no changes made to the one presented at a hearing this past July. The one notable […]
‘Proper Chaos Bonus’ announced for UFC 331
This is what they call corporate synergy. Dana White announced on Monday that there will be a special $50K bonus for this Saturday’s UFC 331 event in Los Angeles. The bonus is in conjunction with Paramount+ series “Mobland.” White was not specific about how the bonus will be handed out but it’s apparent it will […]