The UFC reached one other settlement with one of many two class-action litigants, agreeing Thursday to pay the previous fighters $375m after a earlier settlement was thrown out by a Nevada district decide.
Decide Richard Boulware in July dismissed a $335m settlement with two antitrust lawsuits, together with one introduced by Cung Le. The brand new settlement by UFC mother or father firm TKO Group Holdings is with Le, who filed his lawsuit in 2014, and the courtroom nonetheless should approve the phrases.
“Whereas we imagine the unique settlement was truthful – a sentiment that was additionally shared by Plaintiffs – we really feel it’s in one of the best curiosity of all events to deliver this litigation to an in depth,” the UFC stated in a press release.
The UFC nonetheless has not reached an settlement with Kajan Johnson, who filed his in 2021. In a press release, the UFC referred to as stated that was “in very early levels, and a movement to dismiss the criticism stays pending”.
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