John S. Nash
@heynottheface.bsky.social
Covering the financial side of face punching. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed; everything else is public relations."
Hey Not the Face! Podcast with Stephanie Haynes
https://heynottheface.substack.com
Hey Not the Face! Podcast with Stephanie Haynes
https://heynottheface.substack.com
Plaintiffs in Johnson (as well as Davis & Cirkunovs) v Zuffa want the Judge to know the Defendants are missing documents. For example, Dana White & Tracy Long have apparently lost years of text messages and emails even though they should have been preserving all docs since 2014.
November 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Plaintiffs in Johnson (as well as Davis & Cirkunovs) v Zuffa want the Judge to know the Defendants are missing documents. For example, Dana White & Tracy Long have apparently lost years of text messages and emails even though they should have been preserving all docs since 2014.
For Johnson v Zuffa “[PROPOSED] JOINT SCHEDULING ORDER REGARDING DOMINANCE MMA’S PRODUCTION IN RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFFS’ SUBPOENA”
October 30, 2025 at 4:18 AM
For Johnson v Zuffa “[PROPOSED] JOINT SCHEDULING ORDER REGARDING DOMINANCE MMA’S PRODUCTION IN RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFFS’ SUBPOENA”
The CSAC is meeting tomorrow at 10 AM PST for "Discussion and Possible Action regarding the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act (H.R.4624).” For anyone wishing to witness the meeting or participate during public comments follow the instructions: www.dca.ca.gov/csac/meeting...
October 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The CSAC is meeting tomorrow at 10 AM PST for "Discussion and Possible Action regarding the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act (H.R.4624).” For anyone wishing to witness the meeting or participate during public comments follow the instructions: www.dca.ca.gov/csac/meeting...
Update on Le v Zuffa: Judge Boulware has signed the Motion for Disbursement of the Net Le v Zuffa Settlement Fund. (Was signed Friday but was only posted to the Court today.) So checks should start going out to fighters any day now.
October 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Update on Le v Zuffa: Judge Boulware has signed the Motion for Disbursement of the Net Le v Zuffa Settlement Fund. (Was signed Friday but was only posted to the Court today.) So checks should start going out to fighters any day now.
The average payment for a member of the class will be $231,022.29; median $86,034.65; high is $10,334,240.72; & a low of $16,138.45. Based on the final settlement fund each fighter should get 32.7% of their total bout compensation earned during the class period plus $14,179.33 each bout. 3/
September 3, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The average payment for a member of the class will be $231,022.29; median $86,034.65; high is $10,334,240.72; & a low of $16,138.45. Based on the final settlement fund each fighter should get 32.7% of their total bout compensation earned during the class period plus $14,179.33 each bout. 3/
Angeion mailed to 1,121 Class Members individualized claim forms and Angeion received a total of 1,088 claims submissions, of which 37 contested their info. 2/
September 3, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Angeion mailed to 1,121 Class Members individualized claim forms and Angeion received a total of 1,088 claims submissions, of which 37 contested their info. 2/
In Le v Zuffa news, the Claims Administrator, Angeion Group, has filed a report on the status of processing Class Member claim submissions. Settlement fund will be distributed no later than September 19 "after permitting Angeion time to complete several administrative tasks" 1/
September 3, 2025 at 3:49 AM
In Le v Zuffa news, the Claims Administrator, Angeion Group, has filed a report on the status of processing Class Member claim submissions. Settlement fund will be distributed no later than September 19 "after permitting Angeion time to complete several administrative tasks" 1/
New filings in Johnson v Zuffa UFC antitrust case. Defendant filed an opposition to Plaintiffs' motion for sanction and nonparty Dominance (Abdelaziz's company) filed an opposition to Plantiffs' motion to compel.
August 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
New filings in Johnson v Zuffa UFC antitrust case. Defendant filed an opposition to Plaintiffs' motion for sanction and nonparty Dominance (Abdelaziz's company) filed an opposition to Plantiffs' motion to compel.
Plaintiffs in Johnson v Zuffa have filed a motion to compel Dominance MMA to produce documents in response to Plaintiffs’ subpoena.
July 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Plaintiffs in Johnson v Zuffa have filed a motion to compel Dominance MMA to produce documents in response to Plaintiffs’ subpoena.
Today in Johnson v Zuffa the Plaintiffs filed an opposition to Defendant Zuffa's motion to deny class certification.
June 11, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Today in Johnson v Zuffa the Plaintiffs filed an opposition to Defendant Zuffa's motion to deny class certification.
Press release from Davis’s attorneys (who also represent the fighters in the other UFC antitrust cases)
May 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Press release from Davis’s attorneys (who also represent the fighters in the other UFC antitrust cases)
Phil Davis is the named plaintiff in another antitrust class action complaint filed against the UFC. This one is seeking injunctive relief for non UFC fighters. @crooklyn.bsky.social and I will be going over it on a new Hey Not the Face! episode that's going up shortly. It is a doozy.
May 30, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Phil Davis is the named plaintiff in another antitrust class action complaint filed against the UFC. This one is seeking injunctive relief for non UFC fighters. @crooklyn.bsky.social and I will be going over it on a new Hey Not the Face! episode that's going up shortly. It is a doozy.
New filing - Plaintiff’s inform the Court that they filed the Cirkunovs
Complaint as related to Johnson case and want it assigned to Boulware. Also request the Court enter the Parties’ Stipulations which would amend their complaint redefining who is a class member.
Complaint as related to Johnson case and want it assigned to Boulware. Also request the Court enter the Parties’ Stipulations which would amend their complaint redefining who is a class member.
May 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
New filing - Plaintiff’s inform the Court that they filed the Cirkunovs
Complaint as related to Johnson case and want it assigned to Boulware. Also request the Court enter the Parties’ Stipulations which would amend their complaint redefining who is a class member.
Complaint as related to Johnson case and want it assigned to Boulware. Also request the Court enter the Parties’ Stipulations which would amend their complaint redefining who is a class member.
New potential class action filed with Judge Boulware's court. Mikhail Cirkunovs (AKA Misha Cirkunov) v Zuffa (AKA UFC). Almost identical complaint to Johnson v Zuffa but looking to represent fighters that signed arbitration agreements/class action waivers (and challenge them.)
May 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
New potential class action filed with Judge Boulware's court. Mikhail Cirkunovs (AKA Misha Cirkunov) v Zuffa (AKA UFC). Almost identical complaint to Johnson v Zuffa but looking to represent fighters that signed arbitration agreements/class action waivers (and challenge them.)
For Johnson v Zuffa there is a hearing scheduled for June 3 to go over a bunch of motions.
May 22, 2025 at 4:31 AM
For Johnson v Zuffa there is a hearing scheduled for June 3 to go over a bunch of motions.
For the newest episode of Hey Not The Face! I recorded "A Deep Dive Into The Ali Act" going over the details of the Act, what the intentions of the provisions were, and if they actually do what they were intended to do. open.substack.com/pub/heynotth...
May 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
For the newest episode of Hey Not The Face! I recorded "A Deep Dive Into The Ali Act" going over the details of the Act, what the intentions of the provisions were, and if they actually do what they were intended to do. open.substack.com/pub/heynotth...
Parties in Le v Johnson jointly agree to the filing of an amended complaint that includes a new definition for who is a class member in order to address the Plaintiff's motion to deny class certification. This excludes those with an arbitration agreement or class action waiver.
May 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Parties in Le v Johnson jointly agree to the filing of an amended complaint that includes a new definition for who is a class member in order to address the Plaintiff's motion to deny class certification. This excludes those with an arbitration agreement or class action waiver.
On today’s episode of Hey Not The Face! @crooklyn.bsky.social and I go over the Times Square, Canelo & Inoue boxing cards from last weekend.
open.substack.com/pub/heynotth...
open.substack.com/pub/heynotth...
May 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
On today’s episode of Hey Not The Face! @crooklyn.bsky.social and I go over the Times Square, Canelo & Inoue boxing cards from last weekend.
open.substack.com/pub/heynotth...
open.substack.com/pub/heynotth...
Fighter who have verified their info should be getting their claim forms any day now. They have until June 16 to sign them and send them in. 73 fighters (out of 1115) have not verified their info. Among them Brock Lesnar and BJ Penn.
May 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Fighter who have verified their info should be getting their claim forms any day now. They have until June 16 to sign them and send them in. 73 fighters (out of 1115) have not verified their info. Among them Brock Lesnar and BJ Penn.
Plaintiffs in Johnson v Zuffa file a reply memorandum in support of their motion to compel...
April 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Plaintiffs in Johnson v Zuffa file a reply memorandum in support of their motion to compel...
In the feature I go over the historical records and reasoning behind some of the Ali Act statutes, to show what kind of behaviors are allowed when those regulations don't exist.
April 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
In the feature I go over the historical records and reasoning behind some of the Ali Act statutes, to show what kind of behaviors are allowed when those regulations don't exist.
I have a new piece up today looking at TKO's plans to amend the Ali Act so they can have their own titles. So how much control does a promoter having their own titles and rankings give them over boxers? According to Lou DiBella in his Le v Zuffa deposition, a lot.
April 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I have a new piece up today looking at TKO's plans to amend the Ali Act so they can have their own titles. So how much control does a promoter having their own titles and rankings give them over boxers? According to Lou DiBella in his Le v Zuffa deposition, a lot.
In Johnson v Zuffa news, Defendant Endeavor's Response to Plaintiff's Motion to Compel...
April 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
In Johnson v Zuffa news, Defendant Endeavor's Response to Plaintiff's Motion to Compel...
Judge Boulware has issued an order granting Motion for Final Judgment in Le v Zuffa and approves the settlement, the notice plan, and plan of allocation. So fighters have 105 days starting today to make sure their executed claim forms are handed in order to receive their share.
March 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Judge Boulware has issued an order granting Motion for Final Judgment in Le v Zuffa and approves the settlement, the notice plan, and plan of allocation. So fighters have 105 days starting today to make sure their executed claim forms are handed in order to receive their share.
"UFC direct operating costs increased by $46.8 million, or 12%. This increase was primarily due to higher costs of $30.5 million from different as well as increased production costs primarily for UFC 306"
Athlete matchups is a euphemism for fighter payouts.
Athlete matchups is a euphemism for fighter payouts.
February 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"UFC direct operating costs increased by $46.8 million, or 12%. This increase was primarily due to higher costs of $30.5 million from different as well as increased production costs primarily for UFC 306"
Athlete matchups is a euphemism for fighter payouts.
Athlete matchups is a euphemism for fighter payouts.