Show Money, Ep. 3: Rampage injunction, new fighter antitrust filings and Phil Davis to Bellator

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The Show Money crew is back to discuss the big stories of April in MMA business. What does the judge’s smackdown of Rampage in New Jersey mean? Did the antitrust plaintiffs improve their chances of surviving Zuffa’s motion to dismiss and keeping the case in Northern California? Does Bellator’s signing of Phil Davis signal a change in competition for fighter contracts going forward? 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.

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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.