UFC: Leaked message paints CEO Dana White black as investigations continue

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UFC CEO Dana White is in trouble after correspondence between him and Co-owner Fertitta seem to prove the company was guilty of the Anti-trust charges brought against it by fighters.

The story started in 2014 when old and new fighters that included Cung Le, Nate Quarry and Jon Fitch sued the UFC for using dirty ways to keep their fighters from having other alternatives while paying them poorly.

It is no more news that many fighters at the UFC have complained of the pay they were receiving, with at least one of them indulging in making Only Fans contents to make ends meet.

The promotion’s past heavyweight champion dumped the company while still a champion, unhappy with several practices of the firm that included how much they paid their fighters. This fighter, Francis Ngannou, recently earned more than he had ever earned in all his days at the UFC in a single match by fighting WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.

The leaked messages between White and Fertitta read as follows:

Fertitta: Bro, u know i love u to fukn death as it is but what u pulled off this week with Melendez and “other dude” is fukn BAD ASS! Fukn cut throat nasty business like u see in movies!!

We gotta keep taking these f—rs oxygen till they tap out. We have sacrificed too much to let anyone get traction now.

White: I agree! U r 100% correct and i LOVE IT.

One of the things the company is battling with is being guilty of manipulating the market so as to retain fighters. By quenching competition from other companies who can become threats to its dominance, the UFC was able to stop fighters from leaving, thereby deciding how much fighters earned at the sport.

Dana White reportedly hates the boxing business and have said bad things about it. Whether this seeming hatred was only disguised fear is yet to be known.

One thing is clear: following this digging going on by multiple teams to prove that the company used underhanded practices to keep them from exploring other alternative companies, earn better, and make the sport bigger, the company might pay back so much damages that it could become bankrupt.