I hopped on once again with Bloody Elbow’s Paul Gift and John Nash for another episode of Show Money. This time we discuss the potential impact a union may have on the UFC with the announcement of the Professional Fighter’s Association. I
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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 […]
UFC Holdings, LLC issues credit facility, given ‘B’ rating, outlook ‘negative’ per S&P Global
Per a Standard & Poor’s Global press release Friday UFC Holdings, LLC will issue a $1.45 billion first lien credit facility. The company was assigned a ‘B’ rating on the WME-IMG acquisition. The outlook is projected as negative per the Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings report. The financing for the deal to acquire the UFC […]
SBJ provides details of UFC deal
The Sports Business Journal took a deep dive into the UFC’s sale to WME-IMG. The article looks into the revenue drivers that had the acquisition price of $4 billion. The purchase price of $4 billion represents a 22 multiple of the UFC’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. On $600 million in gross revenue […]
The fallout from Brock Lesnar’s potential drug violation
On Friday, Brock Lesnar was flagged by the United States Anti-Doping Association (USADA) of a potential violation of the UFC anti-doping policy due to an out of competition test from June 28, 2016. Although testing results of Lesnar’s “B” sample are yet to be revealed, the fallout from Lesnar’s appearance hurts the UFC and possibly […]