The Legal Submission 90 takes a look at Nate Diaz’s lawsuit against the boxing promoter, Fanmio and its CEO Solomon Engel. Diaz claims he was owed a guaranteed $10 million from the fight including advertising and marketing it on social media and participating in interviews. However, he has not received $9 million of the amount. […]
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Judge Boulware skeptical of latest antitrust settlement proposal
On Friday, the parties in the Le and Johnson antitrust lawsuits met to go over the latest settlement proposals. While the parties provided more of a picture of the settlement, Judge Boulware remained skeptical of the original $335M settlement. The UFC agreed to settle with a class of 1,200 athletes short of an April trial […]
Dana White to speak prior to Trump at RNC Convention
UFC head Dana White will once again be speaking at the Republican National Convention. This time, he will be introducing Trump at the RNC Convention to accept the nomination according to the Wall Street Journal. Trump has made his own cameos during UFC PPVs. Sometimes, the camera has been on him more than the featured […]
UFC 203 Prelims draw 1.06M viewers average
The UFC 203 Prelims drew 1.06 million viewers on ESPN Saturday night per Sports Media Watch. The early prelims drew 665,000 viewers on ESPN. The early prelims started 12 minutes late due to NWSL soccer. It drew 0.26 in the A18-49 category. The two hour early prelims seeped over into the regular prelims. The early […]