enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Ultimate Fighting Championship controversies - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Fighting...

    The American-based Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is the largest mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion in the world. [1] Since its inception in 1993, the UFC has been the subject of controversies, ranging from moral condemnation of its events by politicians, which resulted in MMA being banned in many US states, to criticism for underpaying its athletes and for criminal behavior committed by ...

  3. UFC reaches settlement in antitrust lawsuits, agrees to pay ...

    www.aol.com/sports/ufc-reaches-settlement...

    The settlement, which was reached on March 13, will see TKO Group pay out $335 million. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...

  4. Amid pay controversy, wisest course of action for UFC ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/sports/amid-pay-controversy-wisest...

    It’s not in the UFC’s best interests to release that information, so it won’t. But the fighters themselves, or their managers could. Amid pay controversy, wisest course of action for UFC ...

  5. UFC Fighters’ Pay Lawsuit Nears Class Action Stage ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/ufc-fighters-pay-lawsuit-nears...

    It’s been six years since three former UFC fighters—Cung Le, Nathan Quarry and Jon Fitch—sued the MMA promotion company for allegedly using monopoly power to suppress fighters’ earnings.

  6. 2024 in UFC - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_in_UFC

    On August 9, 2023, U.S. District Judge Richard Boulware granted class action status to more than 1,200 former UFC fighters who competed between December 2010 and June 2017 and are suing for $800 million upward to $1.6 billion in wages, as the lawsuit claims Zuffa had abused its power to suppress UFC fighters' wages.

  7. Fatalities in mixed martial arts contests - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatalities_in_mixed...

    He slipped into a coma for 48 hours until his death on November 30. Vasquez's death was officially ruled as a death due to complications of blunt trauma of the head with a subdural hemorrhage. [3] Vasquez was the first fighter to die from injuries sustained in sanctioned mixed martial arts competition in North America. [4]

  8. TKO Group to pay $335 million to settle class-action suit ...

    www.aol.com/news/tko-group-pay-335-million...

    The parent company of UFC will pay $335 million to settle two class-action lawsuits alleging that the promotion firm reduced the earning power of its fighters through anticompetitive behavior.

  9. Affliction Entertainment - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affliction_Entertainment

    Affliction Entertainment promoted two pay-per-view (PPV) MMA events. The third (Trilogy) was scheduled for August 1, 2009, but was canceled July 24, 2009 due to Josh Barnett testing positive in the pre-screening drug test. On July 24, 2009 it was announced that Affliction had folded their MMA Promotion and would sponsor the UFC once again. [6] [7]