Tyson Fury has sensationally offered to face MMA heavyweights Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou on the same night as he looks for his next fight.
Tyson Fury has sensationally offered to face MMA heavyweights Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou on the same night as he looks for his next fight.
Dana White has doubled down on his proposal for a heavyweight super-fight between UFC champion Jon Jones and Tyson Fury.
Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel went to town on CAA, said his company almost invested $1 billion in the new LIV Golf tour, and projected that COO Mark Shapiro will take over the company whenever Emanuel calls it quits.
Former world champion Carl Froch has slammed Tyson Fury’s approach to a possible fight with Anthony Joshua.
The new, publicly traded company to be created by the planned merger of UFC and WWE will be called TKO Group Holdings, a reference to “technical knockout” in fighting sports. Wrestling also has a “total knock out” move.
WWE CEO Nick Khan said Wednesday the company isn’t imapcted by the WGA strike that started yesterday.
Donald Trump at a UFC fight over the weekend.Akademiks has previously voiced his support for Trump and his presidency, confirming his support in interviews and posting videos to his Instagram of snippets from one of Trump’s 2022 pep rallies.The two attended Miami’s Kaseya Center on Saturday night (April 8) to watch UFC 287’s main event rematch between Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira. The crowd was star-studded with Kid Rock, Mike Tyson, and Dana White in the front row of the match.Posted the next day (April 9) on his Instagram, the image showed Akademiks posing next to the 76-year-old and joked about being his Vice President in 2024.A post shared by Lil AK (@iamakademiks)“Might have to take up Uncle Trump on his offer of being His Vice President 2024,” he wrote in the caption, “Bruh told me ‘No way you’d be worse than Kamala’.”The photo has been liked over 50,000 times and the comments are full of sarcastic quips from fans.
Endeavor Group Holdings and Worldwide Wrestling Entertainment have entered a definitive agreement to create a new $21.4 billion live sports and entertainment company consisting of UFC and WWE.The deal, which was unanimously approved by Endeavor and WWE’s boards of directors, values UFC at $12.1 billion and WWE at $9.3 billion. It is expected to close in the second half of 2023.Under the terms of the transaction, existing WWE shareholders will roll all existing equity into a new entity that will be the parent company of UFC and WWE (“NewCo” until it is named at a later date) and intends to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “TKO”.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Endeavor Group Holdings and World Wrestling Entertainment said Monday that they had signed a definitive agreement to form a new, publicly listed company consisting of two complementary, global sports and entertainment brands: UFC and WWE. The deal was reported to be close over the weekend by financial media CNBC and Bloomberg. Upon closing, Endeavor will hold a 51% controlling interest in the new company and existing WWE shareholders will hold a 49% interest. “Together, UFC and WWE will have global reach, impressive scale and omnichannel distribution,” Endeavor said in a statement.
CNBC, the top pro wrestling and mixed martial arts promotions in the world would both be operated under a new joint company led by Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel. McMahon, who briefly stepped down from WWE this past July after the Wall Street Journal exposed years worth of hush money payments he made to several women to keep quiet about affairs and sexual misconduct, would serve as executive chairman of the new company.
he showed up with a shredded body. Gyllenhaal was filming a scene for the upcoming movie “Road House,” a reimagined story of the 1989 hit starring Patrick Swayze.
Endeavor sales dipped 16% to $1.26 billion last quarter from the year before due mostly to the absence of its divested Endeavor Content business as it posted an upbeat fourth quarter. A diversified biz and focus on sports and live events limit the ad hit faced by other media companies, and it has yet to feel much of a pinch from any slowdown in content spending by the majors.
“We’re going to put 2022 behind us and focus on the future,” said Kathleen Finch, Chairman and Chief Content Officer of Warner Bros. Discovery’s U.S. Networks Group.
While Dana While says losing his UFC perch would be no punishment to him, Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel has been slammed by the California Legislative Women’s Caucus for continued silence after a leaked video showed the sports boss punching his wife at a New Year’s Eve party in Mexico.
TBS will air Power Slap: Road To The Title, a reality series based around a new sports league from Dana White, despite UFC President being caught on camera slapping his wife over the holidays.
Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel has often staked out a moral high ground as he built Endeavor, most recently calling on companies doing business with Kanye West to end their relationships with the rapper after an anti-Semitic rant. In 2010, he famously cut ties with WME client Mel Gibson after racist slurs. Now, he faces a conundrum at his company’s crown jewel, UFC, whose longtime CEO Dana White was seen on a rather shocking leaked video smacking his wife on New Year’s Eve.
Owning up. UFC president Dana White admitted to slapping his wife, Anne Stella White, during an altercation on New Year’s Eve.
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Stephan Bonnar, UFC Hall of Famer, died Thursday, December 22 of presumed heart complications while at work, according to the UFC.
Jake Paul isn’t happy about that video of him whiffing a bunch of pitches ahead of the recent Miami Marlins and San Diego Padres game.
Hulu‘s biopic series Mike once again, claiming that “they stole [his] life story and didn’t pay [him]”.The show is set to star Trevante Rhodes as the boxer, and will explore the “tumultuous ups and downs of Tyson’s boxing career and personal life – from being a beloved global athlete to a pariah and back again”.However, in a new Instagram post, Tyson himself expressed his objection to the project.“Don’t let Hulu fool you. I don’t support their story about my life,” he wrote.
Mike Tyson isn't pulling any punches. The boxing legend is once again taking swings at the upcoming Hulu series, , based on his life.Tyson took to Instagram on Aug. 5, and shared a snapshot of himself and UFC president Dana White, and praised White for not promoting the series.
J. Kim Murphy Mike Tyson has again expressed his disdain for the new Hulu biopic series about his life. The former professional heavyweight boxer doesn’t approve of “Mike,” to say the least, stating that the streamer “stole” his life story.Tyson aired his grievances against Hulu and the series through his Instagram on Saturday, sharing two posts with strong words against the streamer.The first post commends Dana White, the standing president of premiere mixed martial arts organization Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Mike Tyson took to social media to take a jab at Hulu over Mike, the series about his life. The former boxer is not happy that the streaming service produced a biographical series without his permission or compensation for telling his story.
Jake Paul‘s fight with Hasim Rahman Jr. at MSG has been cancelled due to a weight issue with Hasim, according to Jake‘s Most Valuable Promotions.
according to Newsweek.“We are saddened to announce the passing of Joe Rogan,” read a bogus tweet from @joerogannhq. “He died peacefully in his home this afternoon, we will provide more details as they arrive, with respect to his family’s wishes.”The death hoax even contained false statements from Dana White, the president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), with a screenshot of a counterfeit tweet saying that they were grieving for Rogan’s family.“The entire UFC family is devastated to hear of Joe Rogan’s passing,” the phony tweet read.
EXCLUSIVE: The Ultimate Surfer has wiped out.
Eddie Hall and Hafthor 'Thor' Bjornsson will finally battle it out in the boxing ring in their rescheduled heavyweight fight in Dubai tonight.
Georges St-Pierre and Apple are teaming up to make your walk a breeze.
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