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Five Things We Learned From UFC Antitrust Hearings

The ordering process for Ultimate Fighting Championship pay-per-views has changed: UFC 242 is only available on ESPN+ in the U.S.

Back in December of 2014, several former Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters including Jon Fitch, Cung Le and Nate Quarry, banded together to file an antitrust class-action lawsuit against the UFC. The claim alleged that the UFC had unlawfully monopolized the markets for promoting live professional mixed martial arts bouts by various methods, including locking fighters into long term exclusive contracts, purchasing its rivals, and suppressing fighters’ overall compensation.