The UFC announced on Tuesday that CBS will a part of UFC 326 on linear television March 7th. It will be the debut of the UFC on CBS since the start of their deal. The entire card will simulcast on Paramount+ with a portion airing in the 8-10pm window on CBS. The main event featuring […]
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UFC Fight Night 266 bonuses
UFC Fight Night 266 took place at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. The promotion handed out multiple bonuses in addition to its standard performance and fight of the nights. The Fight of the Night went to Michal Oleksiejczuk and Marc Andre Barriault. The two received $100K each with Oleksiejcuk winning. The Performance of the […]
White testifies in spoilation hearing
Dana White was in court testifying before Judge Richard Boulware in the Misha Cirkunov antitrust lawsuit against Zuffa. White spent several hours testifying on the whereabouts of his cell phone. While the morning was mundane with exhaustive questioning about how many phones White had during the time of the lawsuit, the protocol for handing over […]
$100M for Zuffa Boxing?
According to the Thomas Hauser’s article in The Guardian, the deal to bring Zuffa Boxing to Paramount was $100M. You may recall that Paramount/Skydance acquired the media rights for the UFC this year for a deal reported at $1.1 billion a year for 7 years. The deal was for the domestic rights to the UFC […]
president touts 100K stadium for White House event
On Friday president Donald Trump made the proclamation that they would be building a 100,00 seat stadium for fans to come and watch (presumably on screens) UFC at the White House. The announcement came as a side story to the actual announcement for the presser that he wants Washington D.C. to host an IndyCar race […]