The Legal Submission 64 takes a look at the plaintiffs’ Answering Brief in the UFC Antitrust Lawsuit. The brief responds to the UFC’s Appeal of Judge Boulware’s decision to certify the Bout Class in the lawsuit.
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UFC + WWE = TKO
Wednesday marked the official closing of Endeavor’s acquisition of World Wrestling Entertainment and the integration with Ultimate Fighting Championships to create the TKO Group. The combined group was on Wall Street to ring the opening bell in honor of the occasion. (above pic from Triple H’s X account) Here we go again @TKOGrp @WWE @ufc […]
UFC 293 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC 293 took place in Sydney, Australia on Sunday morning and saw a title change in front of a sellout crowd. Sean Strickland won a unanimous decision victory over Israel Adesanya to win the UFC Middleweight title. For his efforts, he earned one of the $50K bonuses. Justin Tafa earned a Performance Bonus for his […]
EA Sports UFC 5 reveals cover athletes
Israel Adesanya, Alexander Volkanovski and Valentina Shevchenko are the cover athletes for the newest version of the EA UFC franchise which will be released on October 27th. Volkanovski and Shevchenko are on the cover of the standard version while Adesanya is on the deluxe version. The new video game includes some upgrades. There is also […]
UFC partners with Prohibet to policy gambling among fighters
The UFC and sports betting monitor Prohibet announced a collaboration in which the UFC will use Prohibet’s platform to crack down on gambling by fighters, coaches, employees and officials. This is an effort to enforce the UFC policy for fighters that may attempt to bet on fights. Prohibet is a joint venture between US Integrity […]