Monopoly in the Octagon: The Fight for Financial Freedom in the Fight Game
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (“UFC”) has once again reached a settlement agreement in an antitrust lawsuit with a group of former fighters. A federal district court judge rejected the UFC’s previous attempt to settle the long running lawsuits, tossing out a $335 million settlement offer agreed to by the parties. Now approved, the new settlement agreement ends a process that began a decade ago with the filing of a lawsuit on the part of three former fighters alleging the UFC held...