Show Money, Ep. 2: Drug testing, Premier Boxing and UFC antitrust lawsuit update

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The first Show Money episode focused on major stories in MMA business last year that were likely to carry into 2015. Today we wax poetic on the big stories year-to-date thus far. Be sure to subscribe to the MMA Nation YouTube channel for all sorts of video goodness and visit the direct YouTube link if you have any trouble with the embedded video.

Topics include:

1. UFC drug testing

2. Mayweather/Pacquiao and Premier Boxing Champions (Premier FC to Paul)

3. UFC antitrust lawsuit (Update)

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Paul Gift

Dr. Paul Gift is a sports economist with a research focus on mixed martial arts. A licensed MMA referee and judge himself, Dr. Gift’s interests pertain to many facets of the MMA industry including behavioral biases and judging, the role of financial and environmental factors on fighter performance, determination of fighter marginal products, and predictive analytics.

A regular MMA business contributor for Forbes, Dr. Gift also writes about MMA analytics and officiating in popular press for SB Nation and co-hosts the MMA business podcast Show Money. His sports research has been cited in the Wall Street Journal, ESPN’s Grantland, and popular media including Around the Horn, Olbermann, and various MMA and boxing podcasts.