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In the battle between boxing and mixed martial arts, Shine Fights suffered an early defeat today (May 15) when the courts ruled in favor of Don King Productions (DKP), who filed an injunction earlier this week to try and stop the "Worlds Collide: Mayorga vs. Thomas" pay-per-view main event from Fayetteville, North Carolina.
SI.com corespondent Josh Gross reported the news earlier today.
King and his band of merry men argued that Mayorga was under an exclusive promotional agreement with DKP and that his fight against "Dinyero" put the former pugilist in breach of contract.
Shine Fights CEO Devin Price was confident that Mayorga was being employed and promoted legally, based on the distinction between boxing and mixed martial arts. He argued that DKP represents "El Matador" for the former, and Shine Fights for the latter.
Unfortunately Broward Country Circuit Court Judge Marc C. Gold did not agree.
Update: As much as it makes absolutely zero sense, who didn't see this move coming by Shine Fights?
MMA Weekly confirms Josh Gross' earlier report that the promotion intends to ignore the court ruled injunction and carry on with the event as planned.
Shine Fights' PR representative Phil Lanides was quoted as saying the following: "Official position at this point is that we're still going forward."
If Shine Fights maintains this stance, there will undoubtedly be some serious legal repercussions to pay. Two quick schools of thought on this; either Shine has no idea of what kind of trouble they will likely find themselves in if they ignore the ruling as they will of course subsequently hear from Don King's lawyers.
Or, as SB Nation's Brent Brookhouse points pout, Shine is just posturing to sell pay-per-views, and will cancel the main event bout once the card is already under way.
Stay tuned to MMAmania.com as this is assuredly not the last time this fluid story is updated.
SI.com corespondent Josh Gross reported the news earlier today.
King and his band of merry men argued that Mayorga was under an exclusive promotional agreement with DKP and that his fight against "Dinyero" put the former pugilist in breach of contract.
Shine Fights CEO Devin Price was confident that Mayorga was being employed and promoted legally, based on the distinction between boxing and mixed martial arts. He argued that DKP represents "El Matador" for the former, and Shine Fights for the latter.
Unfortunately Broward Country Circuit Court Judge Marc C. Gold did not agree.
Update: As much as it makes absolutely zero sense, who didn't see this move coming by Shine Fights?
MMA Weekly confirms Josh Gross' earlier report that the promotion intends to ignore the court ruled injunction and carry on with the event as planned.
Shine Fights' PR representative Phil Lanides was quoted as saying the following: "Official position at this point is that we're still going forward."
If Shine Fights maintains this stance, there will undoubtedly be some serious legal repercussions to pay. Two quick schools of thought on this; either Shine has no idea of what kind of trouble they will likely find themselves in if they ignore the ruling as they will of course subsequently hear from Don King's lawyers.
Or, as SB Nation's Brent Brookhouse points pout, Shine is just posturing to sell pay-per-views, and will cancel the main event bout once the card is already under way.
Stay tuned to MMAmania.com as this is assuredly not the last time this fluid story is updated.
