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TKO owns this weekend

September 12, 2026 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

There are two very important weekends in boxing. The first is Cinco de Mayo weekend. The first weekend around May 5th has been the center of many big-named fights featuring Mexican boxers. Oscar de la Hoya and then Canelo Alvarez took over this weekend. The second is Mexican Independence Weekend in September. Similarly, boxing promoters […]

Filed Under: Featured, TKO, UFC, WWE, Zuffa, Zuffa Boxing

Shapiro addresses fighter pay

September 8, 2026 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

TKO President and and Chief Operating Officer Mark Shapiro spoke on Tuesday at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference about the company. He spoke on multiple issues regarding business including UFC, WWE and Zuffa Boxing. One of the issues he spoke about was fighter pay. In the past, Shapiro has hinted of increases in […]

Filed Under: Mark Shapiro, payouts, TKO, UFC, WWE

The Legal Submission 109 takes a look at TKO Earnings

August 6, 2026 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Earlier this week, TKO released its earnings for the second quarter for 2026. Business is still up for the company despite two big hiccups in the quarter.

Filed Under: Featured, The Legal Submission, TKO, UFC, WWE, Zuffa, Zuffa Boxing

Royal Rumble heads to Arizona in February

August 4, 2026 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

WWE announced that the 2027 Royal Rumble will be held at State Farm Stadium in February. It is part of multi-year partnership with the Arizona Sports & Events Alliance. In addition to WWE’s Premium Live Event heading to Phoenix, TKO’s other stablemates will be holding events in the area. Previously announced, UFC Noche will be […]

Filed Under: TKO, UFC, WWE

ESPN to air first hour of Backlash on network

May 7, 2026 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

In what may be a regular occurrence now, the first hour of WWE’s Premium Live Event, Backlash, will air on ESPN2. The Countdown Show on ESPN and the first hour will be on the network with the rest appearing on the ESPN App. Last month, the network aired the first hour of Wrestlemania on the […]

Filed Under: ESPN, WWE

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I feel like crap tables minimums will be raised to $500

Joshua Lafond @joshlafond

@esidery That $13B will be carried by most of the residents. It always starts off saying these owners/investors will pay then once they start to build they start asking the city/state for money.

Enjoy the expansion team in Mexico City guys #NBA

Evan Sidery @esidery

The NBA will soon announce the Walton Laurie group as the expansion bid winners for Las Vegas with launch in 2028-29.

Nancy Walton Laurie, Bill Laurie and Raiders minority owner Egon Durban would build a new arena.

Including the arena, their official bid is around $13 billion.

Via Sports Business Journal on Vegas bidders not liking Seattle as an option

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Greedy-ass #NBA will put a team in Mexico City for extra money now while propping up poverty franchises like New Orleans... #saveoursonics

Greedy-ass #NBA will put a team in Mexico City for extra money now while propping up poverty franchises like New Orleans... #saveoursonics

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