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WWE Acquired by UFC Owner Endeavor to Form Fighting Heavyweight

The new company, with the stock ticker “TKO,” is betting that the value of rights for live events like wrestling will continue to soar.

By Benjamin Mullin

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Endeavor and W.W.E. Said to Be Close to Deal Combining Fighting Leagues

A union of Endeavor’s U.F.C. combat league and World Wrestling Entertainment would increase the combined company’s leverage in negotiations with content distributors.

By Lauren Hirsch Benjamin Mullin and Brooks Barnes

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Televised Slap Fighting? What Are We Becoming?

Slap fighting competitions have drawn the support of Dana White and Arnold Schwarzenegger, along with national TV audiences. But, our columnist writes, the so-called sport is indefensible.

By Kurt Streeter

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In Jon Jones’s Triumphant Return, a Champion Watched From Afar

After three years off, Jones won the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s heavyweight title. But it was against Ciryl Gane, not Francis Ngannou, who had held the title before parting ways with the U.F.C.

By Emmanuel Morgan