Hunt lawyers seek to include facts about UFC pulling him from Fight Night 121 in lawsuit

On Friday, Mark Hunt’s lawyer filed a motion to supplement its First Amended Complaint according to court papers.  The supplemented information appears to include his “unilateral removal (for pretextual reasons) from UFC’s November 2017 “UFC Fight Night 121” card.  Hunt claim’s he “incurred in excess of $100,000.00 in damages for the cost of his pre-fight training camp and related expenses, in addition to the lost fight purse.”

Hunt is requesting the supplement to add factual allegations supporting existing claims.  The supplementation may give rise to further legal wranglings from Zuffa, Dana Whtie and Brock Lesnar since the three have motions to dismiss Hunt’s First Amended Complaint.  Essentially, the defendants may argue that supplementing the First Amended Complaint with additional factual content impacts the existing motion to dismiss which is pending Court decision.

The removal from the recent Fight Night is the result of Hunt’s article in an Australian web site that he had memory loss and slurred speech related to fighting.  After the article was released, the UFC took him off of UFC Fight Night 121 in Australia due to concerns about his health.  The UFC indicated that Hunt could be checked out at the Lou Ruvo Brain Center but Hunt refused according to Dana White.  Hunt stated that he had the tests done in Sydney instead of Las Vegas where the brain center is located.  According to Hunt, the tests were negative.

Mark Hunt’s Motion to Supplement First Amended Complaint by JASONCRUZ206 on Scribd

Proposed Supplemental First Amended Complaint by JASONCRUZ206 on Scribd

 

Payout Perspective:

The supplemented information to his First Amended Complaint is a procedural matter which Zuffa has the opportunity to object to the supplemented complaint.  The additional information that Hunt would like included in his First Amended Complaint would bolster the alleged claim under the RICO Act since one of the requisites deals with a scheme over interstate lines via “wire, radio or television.”  If the Court allows the supplemental information, you’d expect Zuffa to argue that it has to retool its Motion to Dismiss the First Amended Complaint to address the new facts.  MMA Payout will keep you posted.