Bid to buy MotoGP rejected which was €200m more than Liberty’s offer
“We know that our bid was worth €200m more than theꦦ 🎃Liberty bid"

A bid to buy MotoGP which was worth €200m more than ꦺLiberty Media’s offer was r🐼eportedly rejected.
The rejected bid came from the TKO Group, who count Ultimate Fig⛎hting Championship and World Wrestling Entertainment as the major attractions under their banner, according to the .
Private equity firm Bridgepoint instea🐽d sold Dorna Sports🧸, who owned MotoGP, to Liberty for €4.2bn including debt.
Liberty are also the owners of Formula 1 meaning they now have the world’𒁏s top car and motorcycle racing series.
But TKO were left frustrated that their bigger offer was k🌟nocked bꦚack.
“We know that our b🐼id was worth €200m more than the Liberty bid,” CEO Ari Emanuel told the Finan✱cial Times.
Bridegpoint d🎃id not dispute the value of TKO’s bid to the Financial Tim🌠es.
However, ‘a person close to �ℱ�the deal’ was quoted as saying Emanuel and TKO were “culturally not a good fit”.
‘A person close to TKO’ was quoted in response, claiming Bridg⛄epoint “failed in its fiduciary duty not only to its LPs [limited partners] but to its sh♌areholders in the public market”.
Liberty mﷺust seek regulatory appro𝓰val to complete their purchase of MotoGP.
Chief executive Greg Maffei insists they are ꩵconfident of achieving this.
The doubt comes from a 2006 European Commission ruling whi🌟ch stopped the same owner༺ from owning F1 and MotoGP over concerns that broadcasters would be disadvantaged when negotiating TV rights.
Lib✨erty argue that the media market has changed significantly since 2006, and they plan to keep MotoGP and F1 as separate entities.
“We’re going to keep the company independ༺ent,” Maffei said.
“We’re certainly not going to be trying to merge and se꧒ll the product in the TV market as one.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade coveri🐈ng everything from American sports, to footba🐭ll, to F1.