Mark Shapiro announced during an investors conference on Monday that Zuffa Boxing would start on January 23rd. The show will air one day before the UFC’s first event on Paramount January 24th. Shapiro did not provide any further information on the boxing event. UFC 324 has been announced to take place at T-Mobile Arena in […]
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Update on discovery disputes in antitrust cases
The parties in the ongoing lawsuits in the Mikhail Cirkunov lawsuits filed Joint Status Reports in preparation for a status conference heard before Judge Boulware last week. The status conference included a disputes over “discovery deficiencies” between the parties. If you are familiar with big time lawsuits (or any civil lawsuit for that matter), there […]
White says Zuffa Boxing will recognize one belt
On the heels of announcing its media rights commitment to Paramount, Dana White made the media rounds to various outlets. In interviews, he noted that Zuffa Boxing would recognize The Ring belt alone as the championship for Zuffa Boxing. The Ring, owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), will be working with Zuffa Boxing […]
Zuffa Boxing media right goes to Paramount
Where is Zuffa Boxing media rights landing?
On Wednesday, Dana White posted on IG that he had a big announcement to make. He later retracted the statement saying he had jumped the gun. Could it have been about media rights for Zuffa Boxing? On Thursday, The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand reported that Netflix will stream MLB Opening Day matchup for the next three […]