Last week, Zuffa Boxing announced the signing of Conor Benn to a one fight contract worth a reported $15 million. Benn left Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing to join White’s upstart promotion. In an interview, Hearn looked upset by the news of the Benn news. Hearn commented that UFC fighters would feel “sick as a […]
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$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 […]
Did Foster lobby for legislation without seeing Zuffa Boxing contracts?
Thomas Hauser wrote an article in The Guardian this week which detailed fighter contracts for the newly formed Zuffa Boxing which had its debut last Friday. Of the notable items in the revealing article, it notes that California State Athletic Commission head Andy Foster admitted to not seeing a Zuffa Boxing contract. While one could […]
Judge Boulware issues order Zuffa will not be happy with in Johnson antitrust case
Judge Richard Boulware issued a Supplemental Order on Tuesday in response to Zuffa’s attempt to stay a discovery order issued on January 6th. As a result, Judge Boulware gave a detailed accounting of the discovery issues. This includes calling out Zuffa for an “unfortunate pattern of obfuscation and discovery violations.” Judge Boulware also noted that […]
Zuffa Boxing 01 Bonuses
Zuffa Boxing debuted this past Friday at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Similar to the UFC, Dana White gave out fight bonuses in addition to the fighter purses. Julian Rodriguez was the bigger winner bringing home a $100,000 bonus for his performance and a Fight of the Night with Cain Sandoval. Rodriguez is […]