In our second installment of reviewing the unredacted portions of the expert report of Hal Singer, MMA Payout examines the argument that Zuffa retained its fighters despite not needing them. It also looks at the comparative market between boxing and pro wrestling. A link to the first report is here. As I explained in the […]
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UFC on Fight Night 5 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC on ESPN +5 took place Saturday afternoon from Newark, New Jersey. The card’s main event saw Colby Covington dominate Robbie Lawlor for a unanimous decision victory. The event took place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The Fight of the Night saw Antonina Shevchenko score a submission victory over Lucile Pudilova in […]
Endeavor IPO delayed until fall
The Wall Street Journal reports that Endeavor, the company which owns the UFC, is postponing its IPO until September as it awaits a deal to buy a premium-hospitality and live-events company in hopes of showing investors that it is diversifying its portfolio. The news comes at a time when the market is hot and little […]
More boxing coming to UFC Fight Pass in revamp of digital platform?
Is a Fight Pass revamp coming? If so, it will happen this fall. According to Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand his sources tell him that the digital streaming service is set to relaunch by October. Without saying, Ourand notes that there will be “addition of boxing programming” on FightPass. From John Ourand’s eblast this afternoon […]
UFC 240 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC 240 took place Saturday night in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. The promotion awarded its $50,000 bonuses which included two Performance Bonuses and a Fight of the Night. Deiveson Figueiredo’s victory over Alexandre Pantoja drew Saturday’s Fight of the Night as the two flyweights put on a show on the Prelims which aired on ESPN. In […]