This past February Judge Richard Boulware finalized the settlement in the Cung Le Antitrust lawsuit. The over 10 year legal battle finally ended for the fighters involved in the class.
Via Courthouse News:
Thirty-five class members are expected to net more than $1 million, while around 100 fighters should receive more than $500,000. More than 200 fighters should net more than $250,000, over 500 would get more than $100,000 and nearly 800 would recover over $50,000.
More from John Nash:
Under the court-approved allocation plan, the fund is divided into two parts:
- 70% ($175.8 million) based on a fighter’s total UFC event compensation during the class period
- 30% ($75.3 million) based on the number of bouts a fighter participated in
The result is that fighters will receive approximately 32.7% of their UFC pay from the class period, plus an additional $14,179 per fight.
The projected average payout is $230,792, with a median of $85,949. The smallest payment, for a fighter with a single $6,000 bout, is expected to be $16,122. On the other end of the spectrum, the highest payment will be $10.3 million. Based on disclosed payouts that were revealed in the Le v. Zuffa filings we can be fairly certain this will belong to longtime former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva. (Disclosed earnings for Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey also allow us to estimate McGregor’s settlement payment will be $9 million while Rousey will receive around $6 million.)
The Le settlements close one legal door, but as we learned this year, it is not over with the Kajan Johnson case still going forward and two new antitrust lawsuits filed this year.
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