UFC President Dana White has finally addressed Jon Jones’ recent DWI arrest in detail, and he isn’t remorseful. As a matter of fact, he’s “super disappointed and bummed out,” according to an interview with the Boston Heral…
UFC President Dana White has finally addressed Jon Jones’ recent DWI arrest in detail, and he isn’t remorseful. As a matter of fact, he’s “super disappointed and bummed out,” according to an interview with the Boston Herald. White essentially said that what happens next is entirely up to the 24-year-old “Bones,” the youngest champion in […]
The UFC’s steeply declining ratings for their FOX network specials have been one of the hottest topics going this week. The first FOX show in November, featuring a heavyweight title fight between Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos, did 5….
The UFC’s steeply declining ratings for their FOX network specials have been one of the hottest topics going this week. The first FOX show in November, featuring a heavyweight title fight between Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos, did 5.6 million viewers according to Nielsen ratings. The show was heavily promoted during all FOX broadcasts, […]
Dana White hasn’t always been the biggest fan of female fighting in mixed martial arts. It isn’t the fact that girls are actually fighting each other, though. It’s just that there hasn’t been much in the way of marketable women …
Dana White hasn’t always been the biggest fan of female fighting in mixed martial arts. It isn’t the fact that girls are actually fighting each other, though. It’s just that there hasn’t been much in the way of marketable women who can actually fight when they get in the cage. It’s an understandable viewpoint and […]
Despite an impending suspension, Nick Diaz‘s UFC future will remain intact. Zuffa CEO Lorenzo Fertitta chatted with fans on Thursday via Twitter, where he answered numerous questions regarding the sport’s biggest names. Fans were especially…
Despite an impending suspension, Nick Diaz‘s UFC future will remain intact. Zuffa CEO Lorenzo Fertitta chatted with fans on Thursday via Twitter, where he answered numerous questions regarding the sport’s biggest names. Fans were especially interested in Diaz. After losing a unanimous decision to Carlos Condit at UFC 143, it was revealed that the former […]
(Apparently, you don’t f*ck with a union spurned.)
Culinary Workers Union Local 226 — the group that is battling Station Casinos to unionize its hotel and casino workers — launched a new salvo against the casino’s owners Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, who also own a majority stake in the UFC and Strikeforce yesterday by firing off a letter of complaint to Federal Trade Commission Director Richard Feinstein in which they request that the FTC launch an investigation against Zuffa for what they deem as “a violation of anti-trust laws.”
According to the complaint, sent to CagePotato.com today by the union, Zuffa’s practices of buying out the competition like they did with PRIDE, the WEC, WFA and Strikeforce, their institution of champion’s clauses, automatic contract renewal clauses and guaranteed first negotiation periods in fighters’ contracts, their control of fighter image and likeness rights in perpetuity and their refusal to co-promote all put artificial restraints on athlete movement, depress pay and stifle competition.
(Apparently, you don’t f*ck with a union spurned.)
Culinary Workers Union Local 226 — the group that is battling Station Casinos to unionize its hotel and casino workers — launched a new salvo against the casino’s owners Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, who also own a majority stake in the UFC and Strikeforce yesterday by firing off a letter of complaint to Federal Trade Commission Director Richard Feinstein in which they request that the FTC launch an investigation against Zuffa for what they deem as “a violation of anti-trust laws.”
According to the complaint, sent to CagePotato.com today by the union, Zuffa’s practices of buying out the competition like they did with PRIDE, the WEC, WFA and Strikeforce, their institution of champion’s clauses, automatic contract renewal clauses and guaranteed first negotiation periods in fighters’ contracts, their control of fighter image and likeness rights in perpetuity and their refusal to co-promote all put artificial restraints on athlete movement, depress pay and stifle competition.
It’s worth noting that this is the same union that financially supported Bob Reilly’s re-election campaign in New York and who has been feeding the oblivious State Assemblyman lines about the Fertittas and Zuffa being sinister entities. There’s a pretty good chance they are angling at getting the FTC to force the sport to adopt a fighters union as well, but time will tell.
The CWU, who are a branch of the Unite Here group of unions that represent hotel, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, laundry, and airport workers in the U.S. and Canada, are asking that the FTC begin a thorough investigation into Zuffa’s contravention of the FTC Act which “prohibits unfair methods of competition in or affecting commerce.”
Despite numerous reports and speculation, Dan Hardy’s job in the UFC appears to be safe after coming up short for a fourth consecutive time in the main event of UFC on Versus 5 against Chris Lytle. “Will not cut Dan Hardy. I like guys that …
Despite numerous reports and speculation, Dan Hardy’s job in the UFC appears to be safe after coming up short for a fourth consecutive time in the main event of UFC on Versus 5 against Chris Lytle. “Will not cut Dan Hardy. I like guys that war!” UFC Chairman and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta posted on his […]
