The final PPV event of the year (and promotion for now) took place on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Dana White announced the attendance at the post-fight press conference. UFC 323 drew 18,603 fans for a gate of $4.7 million. White announced the $50K bonuses which included Petr Yan’s win over Merab Dvalishvili as Fight […]
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Volkanovski-Lopes 2 for vacant featherweight title
Dana White announced that Alexander Volkanovski will defend his UFC Featherweight title against Diego Lopes in Australia on January 31 as the main event of UFC 325. Notably, UFC 324 will take place the weekend before in Las Vegas. Volkanovski successfully defended the title against Lopes this past April with a unanimous decision victory at […]
UFC’s first Paramount card announced
Dana White appeared at the halftime of the Cowboys-Chiefs game on CBS to announce the main card at UFC 324 in Las Vegas on January 24th. The headliner will be Justin Gaethje taking on Paddy Pimblett in a matchup of lightweights. The fight will be for the interim UFC lightweight title. The previous titleholder, Ilia […]
Khabib-Conor renew rivalry over ‘scam’ claim
Recently Khabib Nurmogomedov launch an ad campaign via social media selling digital assets. In the ad, he makes reference to his father who passed away in 2020. The digital “gift” sold 29,000 units making “approximately $4.35 million.” The Digital “Papakhas,” named after the traditional headwear that he wore to the Octagon were being sold for […]
Update on discovery disputes in antitrust cases
The parties in the ongoing lawsuits in the Mikhail Cirkunov lawsuits filed Joint Status Reports in preparation for a status conference heard before Judge Boulware last week. The status conference included a disputes over “discovery deficiencies” between the parties. If you are familiar with big time lawsuits (or any civil lawsuit for that matter), there […]