Two more MMA fighters have filed a lawsuit against Zuffa citing violations of Sherman Antitrust Act Section 2. The second Complaint which will seek to establish a class action lawsuit was filed Monday, December 22nd in Federal Court in the Northern District of California San Jose Division.
Luis Javier Vazquez and Dennis Hallman filed their Complaint which mirrors the one filed last week by Jon Fitch, Nate Quarry and Cung Le. The same law firms that represent the initial three fighters are also representing Vazquez and Hallman. According to Bloody Elbow, there are more fighters “on deck” to filing lawsuits.
Vazquez fought only once in the UFC in June 2011. He had another 5 fights in WEC from August 2009-November 2010. Zuffa purchased the WEC in December 2010.
According to Sherdog, Hallman fought in the UFC from December 2009-December 2011. He may be best remembered for wearing a speedo to fight Brian Ebersole. As a result, Dana White gave Ebersole a bonus after his win over Hallman.
As of this writing, the UFC has not issued a formal response to the second lawsuit although one might assume it would respond the same as it did with the first lawsuit. It’s not known whether Zuffa has been served with the second Complaint and/or it will waive service to give itself an additional amount of time to respond.
Vazquez et al. v. Zuffa, L.L.C. by JASONCRUZ206
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Vazquez resides in Ontario, California and Hallman is from Olympia, Washington yet the lawsuit is filed in San Jose, California; the same venue as the other UFC case. We shall see when Zuffa lawyers respond, whether there is a challenge that these plaintiffs are “forum shopping.” It’s clear that the filing in San Jose is part of the plan by plaintiffs. It looks like the intention is for these lawsuits to be filed in San Jose and seek to certify the class and request a consolidation of the cases as the plaintiffs will establish the commonality of the legal claims, the adequacy of the fighters representing the lawsuit, the size of the class and the similarity of plaintiffs’ claims. We will keep you up to date as to if and when other fighters file a lawsuit against the UFC.
More problems for the ufc hahahaha
Hahaha. Javier Vasquez….1 ufc fight. He must have been treated very poorly. That idiot is the biggest douche on earth. Hallman hasn’t found a ped he didn’t like yet. Surely you could do better than have these two idiots at the top of the 2nd suit.
The character of the fighter has nothing to do with the law, the case or whether or not the UFC is in violation. . This could be a ploy by the lawyers to play judge lottery. more to come.
More fighters to follow hahahahahaha
Beavis and Butthead aka Tops and Salad with more intelligent bullshit to spew with their gay uncle D rambling about non sense. Classic
MMATRUTH is sensitive. He cries a lot.
A third lwsuit from vera…..hahahahaha.more to come..hahahHa
The fact these are the clowns that the firm are using for the second suit shows they are scraping the bottom of the barrel and are desperate.
How do these greedy bums explain why they are not suing the other promotions they have worked for and for much less than the UFC? Is Vera going to Sue ONE FC?
This is why fighter contracts are a foot tall. The fighters are always trying to tear the sport down and the promotions have to try to counter their bullshit. I hope each of these fighters are black balled from the MMA community. I will never support any event they fight on or their sponsors. Im tired of fighters trying to fuck everyone else in the sport on their way out. You signed your contract and spent your money now go away and STFU!
Vera beat a few cans to start his career. He talked a big game and held out for more money. A hold out he blames everyone but himself. He then get a very good contract and proceeds to fight like shit. Why didn’t he give some of that money back? He was paid to be a top contender or champ and performed like a journeyman. In fact I should sue him for the bullshit fight I attended where he did the two step for 5 rounds with Tim Sylvia. I want my money back lol.
More to come…hahahaha…more to come….hahaha
Will gsp be the main complainant of this suit? Dw must be panicking being nice to all his fighters right now….hahahaha….high nd mighty dictator is sooooo silent…no rants so far blasting fighters hahahaha…how pathetic