Show Money 5: All you need to know about the UFC and Golden Boy/Haymon lawsuits

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John, Jason, and Paul are in a combat litigation state of mind. Over in San Jose, a federal judge gave the Dikembe Mutombo finger wag to fighters in the UFC lawsuit. “Not in my house!” Why did it get kicked out of Northern California and is it dead in the water in Las Vegas? What in the world is the Federal Trade Commission doing snooping around MMA again when a private antitrust lawsuit is already underway? Why does Golden Boy hate Al Haymon? It may have something to do with their thinking he’s a predatory tie-out artist who also happens to be violating the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act.

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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.