Hitting Below the Belt? MMA Fighters Allege that UFC Has Monopolized the Mixed Martial Arts Game

By William DeVinney, of Baker & Hostetler LLP   Throughout their history, professional sports leagues, including the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, and the National Hockey League, have generated high-profile antitrust litigation. The nascent sport of mixed martial arts now looks as if it will join that list, as two MMA fighters have brought a putative class action in the Northern District of California against Zuffa, LLC, a MMA fight promotion company that do