UFC Lawsuit: Select Promoter Financials Finally Released, Including The Big One
Paul GiftContributor
SportsMoney
FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2018, file photo, Conor McGregor poses during a ceremonial weigh-in for the UFC 229 mixed martial arts fight in Las Vegas. Superstar UFC fighter McGregor has announced on social media that he is retiring from mixed martialASSOCIATED PRESS
As the class-action, antitrust lawsuit against the UFC heads towards the completion of its fifth year, many observers have wondered when they’ll start getting a better peek inside the business of MMA on such things as promotional finances and contract terms. So far, bits and pieces have been disclosed here and there. We’ve learned the exact $4.025 billion purchase price of the UFC in 2016, the World Series of Fighting’s $109,000 television license fee and the amount its sponsors paid per show, and the 0.82 year median and 2.00 mean career duration for UFC fighters, but much of the substantive financial and contractual information has remained sealed or redacted.
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UFC Lawsuit: Select Promoter Financials Finally Released, Including The Big One
Paul GiftContributor
SportsMoney
FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2018, file photo, Conor McGregor poses during a ceremonial weigh-in for the UFC 229 mixed martial arts fight in Las Vegas. Superstar UFC fighter McGregor has announced on social media that he is retiring from mixed martialASSOCIATED PRESS
As the class-action, antitrust lawsuit against the UFC heads towards the completion of its fifth year, many observers have wondered when they’ll start getting a better peek inside the business of MMA on such things as promotional finances and contract terms. So far, bits and pieces have been disclosed here and there. We’ve learned the exact $4.025 billion purchase price of the UFC in 2016, the World Series of Fighting’s $109,000 television license fee and the amount its sponsors paid per show, and the 0.82 year median and 2.00 mean career duration for UFC fighters, but much of the substantive financial and contractual information has remained sealed or redacted.
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UFC Lawsuit: Select Promoter Financials Finally Released, Including The Big One
