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Oh my how the tides have turned! LOL
While most MMA pundits wouldn't consider Bellator Fighting Championships and the UFC direct rivals, they soon will be – in court.
According to a report by Yahoo! Sports' Kevin Iole, Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, has filed suit in a Nevada court against MMA Agents' head Ken Pavia and the Bellator organization.
At the center of the concern is alleged theft of "trade secrets and confidential Zuffa documents," which Zuffa contends Pavia passed along to Bellator officials.
Pavia is one of mixed martial arts' most influential agents, and he represents a number of fighters in both the UFC and Bellator organizations.
Neither Pavia nor Bellator officials were immediately available for comment when contacted late Thursday night by MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
According to Iole's report, the suit provides copies of emails allegedly between Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney and Pavia that outline the wrongdoing.
"You've been great about sending us 'All' of the seminal docs from the UFC, so that we can re-do them and implement them for Bellator," Rebney allegedly states in one such email.
"Please list each in terms of what it is for and how the UFC uses them/implements them. ... Then I'm going to have our team Monday re-type them and we will sufficiently alter them such that they will appear to be ours and not theirs."
According to the report, "Zuffa seeks actual and punitive damages and a permanent injunction barring Bellator or Pavia from using Zuffa’s assets, including its intellectual property."
Innocent until proven guilty.
But from what I have been reading on the UG for a few years, an asshole is always an asshole. I am not personally familiar with Ken outside of articles and things posted by those who know him on the forums. But he does not have the best rep amongst professionals in the field. Anyone with solid knowledge care to elaborate on this negative view of KP? I'm curious...
mrzipplokk - Innocent until proven guilty.
If this case was in the criminal justice system, you would be correct legal n00b.
Nice!
ANOTHER thread on the same thing. Thanks for coming out.
jjj2121 -mrzipplokk - Innocent until proven guilty.
I'm only here as a troll, so ban me at your earliest convenience.
Got it.
^^ lol
LTL - Nice!Hey, no problem. Been here longer than you pal.
ANOTHER thread on the same thing. Thanks for coming out.
Plus Heddy is actually in the mma business, unlike the other thread starters.
mrzipplokk - Plus Heddy is actually in the mma business, unlike the other thread starters.
How does that make him anymore relevant?
Is he a lawyer? If so then his opinion would carry more weight.
Not a lwayer but I do know a lot of shit about the Pav and how shady he is.
Heddy didn't give an opinion in his first post Jeezus
mrzipplokk - Heddy didn't give an opinion in his first post JeezusLOL.
mrzipplokk -jjj2121 -mrzipplokk - Innocent until proven guilty.
I'm only here as a troll, so ban me at your earliest convenience.
Got it.
Yep, I'm the one rambling about innocent until proven guilty like it has a shred of relevance in a lawsuit.
OJ was innocent legally too, what happened when he got sued again?
Thanks for posting Heddy.
Pav's shadiness has been known for years. I could give two shits if I get banned. DW hates him and so do a lot of fighters that have been or are on his roster. You don't see Monte Cox ever get his name dragged through the mud by fighters. I guess if you can't join them, go against them. Which he did and it completely backfired.
Lulz were had thanks to Zipp...
It will be interesting to see how this turns out.
Heddy - <p>Pav's shadiness has been known for years. I could give two shits if I get banned. DW hates him and so do a lot of fighters that have been or are on his roster. You don't see Monte Cox ever get his name dragged through the mud by fighters. I guess if you can't join them, go against them. Which he did and it completely backfired.
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Examples? Pav is often spoken of as a very shady character but we're always light on examples other than the occasional fighter bashing him here.
jjj2121 -I will not disclose. I'll let him dig his own grave.Heddy -
Pav's shadiness has been known for years. I could give two shits if I get banned. DW hates him and so do a lot of fighters that have been or are on his roster. You don't see Monte Cox ever get his name dragged through the mud by fighters. I guess if you can't join them, go against them. Which he did and it completely backfired.
Examples? Pav is often spoken of as a very shady character but we're always light on examples other than the occasional fighter bashing him here