MMA Payout is in Vegas to cover the first two days of the UFC Antitrust expert hearings with the Show Money cast. Follow along as we give updates from the courtroom. MMA Payout: @MMAPayout Jason Cruz: @dilletaunt John Nash: @heynotheface Paul Gift: @MMAAnalytics The first day of live testimony will include the economic experts for […]
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Bellator MMA 223 draws 386,000 on The Paramount Network for tape-delayed card
Bellator MMA Live 223 drew 386,000 on The Paramount Network Saturday night. The event was a tape-delayed telecast as the show took place earlier in London. The event saw an upset as Rafael Lovato, Jr. defeated Gegard Mousasi to win the Bellator MMA middleweight world championship. The telecast aired on digital streaming service DAZN as […]
MMA Payout Year in Review: No. 3 – UFC signs media rights deal with ESPN
MMA Payout Year in Review: No. 4 – ONE making moves, signs media deal with Turner
ONE Championship made its presence known in the latter half of 2018 after it signed Eddie Alvarez, “traded” Ben Askren for Demetrious Johnson, Sage Northcutt, hired Miesha Tate as an executive and signed a media rights deal with Turner. The Alvarez was the first big signing for One in October. The former UFC lightweight champion […]
MMA Payout Year in Review: No. 9 – NLRB denies Leslie Smith claims against Zuffa
The 9th MMA Payout Story of the year is Leslie Smith’s Charging Letter to the National Labor Relations Board in which she claimed that she was discharged by the UFC for her attempt to organize fighters via Project Spearhead. Smith, a women’s bantamweight, was known for her work with the Professional Fighters Association and then […]