By Kartikay Mehrotra and Eben Novy-Williams, Bloomberg News
When it comes to divvying up profits from their sport, some mixed martial arts fighters say they’re getting clobbered. But now, several fighters suing for a bigger share of the purse say the $4 billion sale of Ultimate Fighting Championship may give them some punch.
A pair of retired fighters and one now affiliated with a rival league accuse the premier promoter, known as UFC, of swallowing up competitors to monopolize the sport and suppress compensation for athletes, who receive a smaller chunk of revenues than competitors in other professional sports. They ...
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