Ticket demand for UFC 191 at the MGM Grand Garden area are non-existent as there are a lot of tickets left on the primary market and listing prices have dropped over the past few weeks. Notably, according to SeatGeek, the median listing price on the secondary market was $330. However that has dropped 33 percent […]
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With Reebok deal, Johnson’s XBox sponsor deal in question
MMA Fighting reports that Demetrious Johnson’s recognizable sponsorship with Xbox is in question as a result of the UFC-Reebok deal. Although the Microsoft-owned video game platform has not necessarily severed times with Johnson, there is nothing currently on the horizon for the 125 pound champion. Johnson was the only UFC contracted fighter to have an […]
Khabib lands individual Reebok deal
Khabib Nurmogomedov is the latest UFC fighter to receive an individual sponsorship deal with Reebok. Reebok announced the deal via twitter. Nurmogomedov was last seen in a brawl with the Diaz Brothers at a WSOF event at the Planet Hollywood in Vegas earlier this month. His last fight in a UFC octagon was in April […]
The Economist article states UFC median fight pay is $24,500
The Economist wrote a brief opinion piece, entitled, “Truckin’ On,” in this week’s addition which focuses on the UFC and the potential of a fighter union. The highlighted fact out of the piece is that it states that the median pay-per-fight is $24,500. It’s not clear where the Economist drew its median number as it […]
Parties in UFC lawsuit fight over confidential documents
Plaintiffs on behalf of the fighters in the UFC Antitrust lawsuit have filed a Motion for Protective Order as a result of what it claims to be an exclusion from discovery of one of its main attorneys. As is the case in litigation where there are sensitive materials that will be shared by opposing sides […]