Notwithstanding the UFC Antitrust Lawsuit, there were other cases this year. Mark Hunt, Lyman Good and Yoel Romero are just some of the MMA lawsuits that made headlines in 2019. While some of these cases, have not concluded, they provide interesting color to the very colorful business of MMA.
Mark Hunt lawsuit still not over
With the filing of an appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Mark Hunt’s lawsuit (background here) against Zuffa continues. In 2019, Hunt’s lawsuit looked like a lost cause as the trial court in Nevada dismissed 9 out of 10 of his claims against Zuffa. Hunt then filed an appeal of the ruling only for the appellate court to affirm the dismissal of Hunt’s claims.
Perhaps the reason for his appeal in hopes of an overturning of the decision, Zuffa has filed a request for attorney fees and costs totaling of $380K. Obviously, if he loses at the Ninth Circuit, there will be a bigger bill for Hunt to pay.
Lyman Good’s case may be over soon
Good’s lawsuit against a nutritional supplement maker for an alleged claim that what he took caused him to fail a USADA test is coming to a head in a New York court.
In April, a disclosure revealed that a great deal of Good’s meager income was unemployment compensation. And when he made money, he had to spend almost all of it on training.
This past September, the court granted the supplement makers a motion to dismiss due to spoliation of evidence. Good claims to not have the alleged supplement that was tainted. Thus, the supplement maker is claiming that since the alleged tainted supplement is missing, his claims should be dismissed. The court agreed.
In December, the supplement maker filed a Motion for Summary Judgment to dismiss the entire case. Good has until Monday to respond.
Yoel Romero’s $27M victory
While Good may lose his case, Yoel Romero won his case…well, sort of. Romero sued a supplement maker for a tainted supplement. However, the supplement maker never responded to the lawsuit. As a result, Romero won a default and was granted a judgment in the amount he requested based on his alleged damages. The only problem after receiving the judgment was collecting on the debt. There is still no word whether there was an effort to collect from the company.
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