In a room packed with hundreds of mixed martial arts’ top athletes, the long-awaited announcement was met mostly with relief.
Officials from Zuffa LLC, the UFC and Strikeforce’s parent company, today announced all of its contracted fighters now get accident-insurance coverage. The company’s fighters learned of the additional coverage today at the four-day “fighter summit” in Las Vegas.
That means training injuries – which are costly and not previously covered by their independent-contractor agreements – will be picked up by the organization.