Yesterday, the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission requesting that a formal investigation into whether business practices by Zuffa LLC, the corporate owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), violate U.S. antitrust laws. The letter goes on to point out that since 2001, Zuffa has acquired four of […]
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UFC Primetime to air on Fox October 30th
UFC Primetime will support Fox’s NFL single game lineup this fall. In a press release sent out today, Fox announced that the UFC would air its one hour special Sunday night October 30th. Also, Barclay’s Premier League soccer and a BCS college football championship special will complement weekends in which only one NFL game will […]
UFC 134 Prelims: 1.3 million viewers
UFC 134 Rio – Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This time we take a look at UFC 134 held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the HSBC arena. In the main event, Anderson Silva knocked out Yushin Okami in the second round. First round KOs in the featured bouts The most surprising thing of the evening was […]
Zuffa and Ubisoft settle lawsuit over video game packaging
Zuffa announced this past week that it has settled its lawsuit with video game maker Ubisoft. The lawsuit arose out of Zuffa’s claim that Ubisoft’s “Fighter’s Uncaged” video game use of “ULTIMATE FIGHTING” in promoting its game. The Fight Lawyer has the background here. Via the UFC: Zuffa and Ubisoft jointly announce the resolution of […]