This deal is akin to a similar partnership by TKO with The Pond in Anaheim and the ownership group there...

The Colorado Combative Sports Commission has voted to oppose the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act. There were no votes in support of the act Erik Magraken John S. Nash Carla Duran Jake Donovan

#SmackDown numbers last Friday were up from the Halloween episode, as expected. SmackDown averaged 1.141M viewers (⬆️22% from the prior week) with a 0.26 P18-49 rating (⬆️30%), per Programming Insider. SmackDown ranked second on cable and third on all of television in the

It really is remarkable how good no gi jiujitsu is in Austin It's like a low stakes (worthless) Silicon Valley for floor karate Both do have equally high levels of autism though

Dana White is asked what percentage of fans are gonna be sitting in the stands with their phones changing their bets throughout the fights, in terms of engagement.

The pressure is on for WWE to deliver for ESPN in 2026 with Unlimited. Although not as much pressure as the current Youtube TV fight is for Disney nor the same pressure level as UFC is about to face with Paramount. Perhaps why Matt Kenny and Glenn Jacobs left ESPN for Paramount?

Polymarket 🤝 UFC TKO The UFC has chosen to partner with Polymarket as its Exclusive and Official Prediction Market. The UFC will be integrating a Polymarket Scoreboard into the fights that will show the realtime % likelihood of who will win. When I watch UFC, I love

Not sure why im bothering to kick the hornets nest but it’s very interesting watching nothing matter in real time. The story and details gradually shift until the initial refutation doesn’t even matter and nobody knows what exactly they’re mad at lol

Jiji Press is reporting that over 1.6 billion yen in cash ($10M USD) was seized by Aichi Prefectural police (Nagoya) in a raid targeting Tamio Shimura. Suspicion of loan sharking (alleging 40% interest). Shimura has his own dojo and runs Japanese hybrid fight promotion HEAT.

This is a great example of the positioning Ari Emanuel & Mark Shapiro (and TKO's institutional investors) utilize with Dana White as a front man in everyone's great pretending. Double-down on even more gambling + derivatives rather than addressing the core products (UFC & WWE).

Turki's been claiming Paul-Joshua was in the works since July.

Shayne points out he cut the deal with Ari Emanuel, not Dana White.

Kind weird some of UFC's biggest sponsors like Cryptodotcom, DraftKings, and Polymarket are at war with Nevada gaming regulators... odd bedfellows...

The Dulgarian story made me wonder if UFC would want to distance themselves from prop bets to avoid what we just saw two weeks ago. But today’s announcement of a partnership with Polymarket squashes and can make things very, very interesting in the future if specific in-fight

Interesting to note that Kirk Hendrick (ex-UFC COO/Legal Officer) recently retired from the Nevada Gaming Control Board after a two year stint. Gaming Control has warned casinos/sportsbooks not to make deals with Kalshi or Polymarket. thenevadaindependent.com/article/as-one… x.com/smoogymma/stat…

In Johnson (& Cirkunovs & Davis) v Zuffa news a hearing has now been scheduled for Dec 4 in front of Magistrate Weksler regarding the claimed discrepancies in discovery (alleged missing/deleted material from the UFC) The Nov 20 status conference is still on the schedule as well

In the Fertitta era, UFC (and MMA allies) fought so hard to get sanctioned in New York state. Madison Square Garden was *the* stage to be at. A decade after Endeavor ownership, TKO events at MSG are primarily pit stops for their current & prospective institutional investors.

Ex-UFC fighter Isaac Dulgarian suspended by the Nevada Athletic Commission amid fight-fixing allegations. The commission is set to vote on extending that suspension on Wednesday and also a hearing about withholding his fight purse DETAILS: mmafighting.com/ufc/455975/ex-…