UFC Reaches New Settlement in Fighters’ Antitrust Lawsuit, Agrees to Up Payout to $375 Million
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variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor UFC is hoping to get a court’s OK on a new $375 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed by former fighters alleging the MMA promoter violated antitrust laws.
Under the revised settlement in the larger of two cases, Le v. Zuffa, TKO Group — the parent company of UFC — will pay $375 million to the plaintiffs.
Previously, TKO had agreed to pay around $300 million to the plaintiffs who are party to the Le lawsuit. The news comes after Judge Richard Franklin Boulware II of the U.S.
District Court in Nevada in July rejected TKO’s proposed $335 million settlement between the UFC and fighters in two separate class-action lawsuits (Le v.
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