MMA fighter files fresh US complaint against UFC
( May 23, 2025, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Counsel for Mikhail Cirkunovs filed a US complaint accusing Zuffa LLC of engaging in anticompetitive conduct to maintain a monopoly in the market for live MMA bouts. According to the complaint, “The UFC has used the ill-gotten monopoly and monopsony power it has obtained and maintained through the scheme alleged herein to artificially suppress compensation for UFC fighters in the class to below competitive levels. Since at least late September 2020, the UFC has also used its ill-gotten monopoly and monopsony power and coercive contract terms to force members of the class to sign contracts containing arbitration clauses and/or class-action waivers.” See attached file. ...
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