UFC 325 takes place Saturday in Sydney Australia. Below is a list of the promotional payouts per the guidelines set forth by the company. UFC 325 Alexander Volkanovski (c) $42,000 (c) Diego Lopes (ch) $32,000 (ch) Dan Hooker $21,000 (23) Benoit Saint Denis $11,000 (11) Rafael Fiziev $11,000 (11) Mauricio Ruffy* $4,500 (4) Tai Tuivasa […]
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Did Foster lobby for legislation without seeing Zuffa Boxing contracts?
Thomas Hauser wrote an article in The Guardian this week which detailed fighter contracts for the newly formed Zuffa Boxing which had its debut last Friday. Of the notable items in the revealing article, it notes that California State Athletic Commission head Andy Foster admitted to not seeing a Zuffa Boxing contract. While one could […]
Report: Paramount + draws ~1M new subs
Business Insider was one of the sources that reported that Paramount+ received nearly 1 million subscribers for the debut of the UFC on the platform. Paramount’s Chief Product Officer stated that it was “the second-largest day of sign-ups ever” and UFC 324 was “the second-most streamed event” in UFC history. Notably, Christmas 2025 was the […]
UFC women’s strawweight handed 9 month suspension
Iasmin Lucindo has accepted a 9 month suspension for a violation of the company’s anti-doping policy. The 24-year-old Brazilian tested for mesterolone, an anabolic steroid that is primarily used to treat low testosterone and male infertility, from an out-of-competition sample collected Sept. 24, 2025 in Brazil. The report from Combat Sports Anti-Doping concludes that Lucindo […]
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 […]