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🗓️ 16 August 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

John Pollock and Brandon Thurston welcome Erik Magraken of Combat Sports Law to chat about the antitrust lawsuit filed in 2014 against the UFC.

They discuss the launch of the suit nearly nine years ago, the long road for the suit, who the key players involved are, why last week was an important ruling by the court, what damages the UFC is facing, how it applies to WWE/Endeavor and the state of fighter pay.

Plus: AEW All In tops 80,000 tickets distributed, Pontiac Silverdome capacity, AEW Collision rebounds, WWE Raw ratings, WWE’s response to MLW suit allegations & more.

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of Pollock and Thurston. I am John Pollock,
0:04.4	joined by the esteemed leader of the Russell Nommick's Empire and the winner of the post-wrestling
0:12.8	G1 Climax Contest eBlock, the man that was sweating bullets a few weeks ago as the G1 began
0:19.2	and slowly making his climb from worse to first Brandon Thurston. I thought it was all over but
0:25.4	but G1 had a good plan and I should have trusted in him all along and I did. I did win. I'm not sure
0:30.8	what I've won yet. I've been emailing the post-wrestling offices to see what my prize is but
0:36.6	waiting in your back soon. I'm sure it'll be something exciting. Well, we have a gift for all
0:42.7	of the viewers out there because you have a front row seat to get all caught up on everything to do
0:47.8	with antitrust lawsuits on today's show and we have brought in one of the best the best
0:52.9	minds when it comes to this. He is a lawyer out of British Columbia, a man that I have spoken with
0:59.0	at length in the past. It's great to have him on Pollock and Thurston. He is Eric Mugraken who
1:04.0	is going to make sense of such a seismic story that has been going on for nearly nine years. Eric,
1:09.6	thanks so much for joining us today. Hey, John, thanks for having me on. I think you're trolling
1:15.3	your audience by telling them antitrust law is something to be excited about. Oh, this is
1:21.2	a shock. I'll do my best to chat about this stuff. You know, I think Eric is on top of things though
1:27.0	because not only can you follow the man on X, but you can also follow Eric Mugraken on TikTok.
1:33.3	And I think that is the language to convey this with Eric because I mean, you're you're two-minute
1:38.4	breakdown of the antitrust suit. I don't know what it says about the people out there that that's
1:41.7	about what they can stomach, but I think that that is a language that it does communicate with people
1:47.6	in very, very complex stories that can be boiled down to what what is at the heart of the issue here.
1:54.5	Yeah, and I promise I won't dance on TikTok if you do follow me there. So you folks are safe.
2:01.5	Yeah, that's if the treble damage has come through. That'll be that'll be the Eric Mugraken
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