Forbes.com reports on 2016’s 40 best business brands. The UFC ranks 6th as one of the best brands for 2016. Nike topped the list with a current brand value of $27 billion which is up 3.8% from last year. ESPN came in second with a brand value of $16.5 billion despite being down almost 3% […]
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Over a year later, Judge Boulware publishes opinion in Zuffa’s Motion to Dismiss
Judge Richard Boulware has filed his Order on Zuffa’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint in the antitrust lawsuit venued in Nevada. The hearing was on September 25, 2015. The order was finally entered on October 19, 2016. Talk about a backlog of work for a federal judge. But, from my understanding, this is typical […]
WSJ article notes UFC sale as example of questionable buyout-loan strategy
The Wall Street Journal reports on the UFC sale and how the structure of the deal is being seen as too liberal with adjustments to earnings which enables more borrowing for transactions. The Federal Reserve had warned Goldman Sachs (Deutsche Bank AG is also a lender) the entity that marketed the debt to investors, of […]
Show Money Episode 13 talks the PFA and its potential to unionize UFC fighters
Moody’s details UFC Holdings, LLC acquisition
In a press release sent out last week, Standard & Poor’s Global assigned a rating for the debt involved in the acquisition of the UFC by a group led by WME-IMG. Moody’s Investor Service has sent out its own press release with more details related to the leveraged debt in the acquisition. Per the July […]