The expert report of Dr. Hal J. Singer, an expert witness for the plaintiffs in the UFC anti trust class action lawsuit, has produced a bevy of interesting information regarding how the UFC does business. Revelations from Singer’s report, which recently had a number of passages unredacted, include:
The report also includes plenty of information regarding how the UFC strategized to compete against other promotions, such as Bellator, Strikeforce (before ZUFFA purchased it), and smaller organizations such as Cage Warriors and the now defunct International Fight League (IFL).
The report presents evidence of the UFC targeting their competition with a number of different tactics; including counter-programming, non-competes, lawsuits, takeovers and flat-out threats.