Mark Shapiro gave his standard quarterly earnings call report for Q4 of 2025 earlier this week. He gave an update on the big White House card the UFC is having this June. Mark Shapiro explained the reason for the White House event and why TKO is spending upwards of $60 million on the event. “We […]
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Judge Boulware issues order Zuffa will not be happy with in Johnson antitrust case
Judge Richard Boulware issued a Supplemental Order on Tuesday in response to Zuffa’s attempt to stay a discovery order issued on January 6th. As a result, Judge Boulware gave a detailed accounting of the discovery issues. This includes calling out Zuffa for an “unfortunate pattern of obfuscation and discovery violations.” Judge Boulware also noted that […]
Top 10 of 2025: 10 – UFC at the White House
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, […]
Thoughts on Dana White’s appearance on 60 Minutes
Dana White appeared on the Season Premiere of 60 Minutes two weeks ago. The appearance, a puff piece by presenter Jon Wertheim, highlighted White’s position as the head honcho of the UFC. Notably, the cameras followed White as he gambled at The Bellagio in Las Vegas. The crew watched as White lost over a million […]
White announces two $100K bonuses for undercard fighters
As incentive to deliver an undercard worth watching, Dana White announced earlier this week that he would award $100,000 bonuses for the Performance of the Night and Fight of the Night. Although it was not made clear at the announcement on Friday, it appears that the $100K would be from Turki Alalshikh and not necessarily […]