Combat Sports Law

Update September 14, 2105 – Shields admitted to regulatory misconduct at a hearing today before the NSAC.  He was not fined nor suspended but ordered to complete 50 hours of community service for his transgression. Update August 5, 2015 – the NSAC has now issued a temporary suspension to both Shields and Palhares following their … More Let’s Talk “Disreputable” Conduct and Suspensions Arising From WSOF 22

This week Zuffa, parent company of the UFC, has sued Wanderlei Silva alleging defamation and business disparagement. In short, the lawsuit highlights a host of critical comments Silva made about the UFC and specifically points to comments of alleged fixed fights as crossing the line. The full claim can be found here – Zuffa Lawsuit Wanderlei … More Zuffa Sues Wanderlei Silva Alleging Defamation and Business Disparagement

Earlier this year when the above video of what appeared to be a significant mismatch at the XPlode Fight Series made the rounds on the internet Suzanne Davis (whom I only have the pleasure of knowing via her twitter handle @SoozieCuzie) decided to do some digging into the quality of matchmaking of this MMA organization. … More Not All MMA Records Are Created Equally

Today a Federal Court Judge in Nevada dismissed Zuffa’s attempts to delay their discovery obligations in the multiple anti trust lawsuits facing the MMA industry leading UFC.  Zuffa was hoping to stall their obligations until their motion to dismiss the lawsuit is heard but the Court refused to do so. With Zuffa being forced to open … More Zuffa Loses Bid To Delay Discovery Obligations in Anti Trust Lawsuits

This weekend the Association of Boxing Commissions is having their annual meeting in San Diego. The agenda items will include discussions about bare knuckle boxing (perhaps somewhat counter-intuitively bare knuckle fighting can give rise to less brain trauma) malpractice coverage for officials drug testing chain of custody issues MMA rules developments concussions team MMA These … More Association of Boxing Commissions Annual Meeting Underway this Weekend

      This week Koloni, Reklam, Sanayi, Tigater LTD, a minority shareholder of Bellator Sport Worldwide LLC, sued the company’s majority owner in the Superior Court of California. The lawsuit alleges that since December 2011, when Viacom purchased a controlling interest in the company, the media giant has failed to provide the plaintiff with … More Minority Bellator Shareholder Sues Viacom Alleging Diverted Income