UFC News All bouts live and subject to change.“We've long admired Scott Coker and the Strikeforce business he launched and developed,” Fertitta continued. He and his brother set up the private business firm “Fertitta Capital” in 2017. Lorenzo Fertitta is a sports executive from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Masthead 14, 2011 Later on, he and his brother set up Zuffa, LLC to acquire the rights of the popular mixed martial arts promotion called Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

During the suing and counter-suing process, Pat Miletich gave a sworn statement where he alleged that White had directly threatened him with repercussions should he continue to work with IFL. Zuffa LLC ist ein US-amerikanisches Unternehmen, welches sich auf Mixed Martial Arts spezialisiert hat. The organization will continue to do so under new ownership and fans can look forward to exciting fights featuring their favorite Strikeforce athletes. “We look forward to working with Scott Coker, and the entire Strikeforce and Showtime teams to continue to provide quality content for mixed martial arts fans.ZUFFA, LLC SUBSIDIARY ANNOUNCES PURCHASE OF STRIKEFORCE®Strikeforce also has an event on April 9 at the Valley View Casino Arena in San Diego featuring a welterweight title fight between Nick Diaz (24-7-1) and Paul Daley (27-9-2). Singer’s report states that White allegedly said, in two separate instances, that “he was going to f-cking crush these [the IFL] guys,” and that “when the dust settles, anyone associated with the IFL would not be associated with the UFC.” A UFC press conference saw Woodley answer every question with some form of Black Lives Matter, and his MAGA screaming opponent call him racist.In response to this IFL co-founder Kurt Otto stated:The report further states that the UFC, “deliberately utilized its exclusive contracts with Fighters to prevent other MMA promoters from gaining “traction” by keeping Fighters “locked up” or “tied up” and hence unavailable to other MMA promoters.” “We’ve spent countless hours getting this sport regulated and taking the Octagon® all over the world. Rather, I believe this litigation is about one and one thing only — stamping out legitimate and, indeed, healthy, competition.Before the IFL held its first event in 2006 ZUFFA sued it — alleging that the company had, “illegally hired some of its former employees who took with them confidential trade secrets.”Dana White: Tony Ferguson is officially off UFC 254 cardAnother method the UFC used to impact their rivals involved non-compete agreements. We have sacrificed too much to let anyone get traction now.” At his deposition, Lorenzo Fertitta testified that the term “f-ckers” referred to Bellator, while the “oxygen” referred to fighters Gilbert Melendez and Eddie Alvarez.The report also includes plenty of information regarding how the UFC strategized to compete against other promotions, such as Bellator, Strikeforce (before ZUFFA purchased it), and smaller organizations such as Cage Warriors and the now defunct International Fight League (IFL).After his proposed fight with Dustin Poirier fell apart, Tony Ferguson won’t be fighting on the UFC 254 card at all.According to the report, the UFC also attempted to diminish rival promotions through its controlling of fighters.

Lorenzo served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of UFC until its sale. In response, Zuffa exercised the right to match clause to re-sign Melendez. Hunt supports class-action UFC lawsuit, calls Dana ‘a thieving little grub’Miletich’s statement on White’s alleged threats included the following passage: Under the terms of the deal, all Strikeforce fighter contracts will be honored, as will its broadcast agreement with Showtime®  Networks, Inc. Strikeforce will continue to operate as a separate business and current Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker has signed a long-term employment agreement with the company. I think we should announce our event before their on-sale. Zuffa is co-owned by Fertitta brothers (40.5% each), Dana White (9%) and Sheik Tahnoon of Abu Dhabi (Flash Entertainment) (10%). UFC lawsuit docs show potential PPV paydays for McGregor, Rousey, Lesnar If they’re in business in January, I’ll be horrified.” Bloody Elbow Grappling Singer’s report offers evidence that the UFC made little, if any money, from Spike TV for airing this content.