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DENVER — The bad blood ended with Jon Jones planting a peck on the cheek of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson after the fight.
Nick Diaz was removed from his scheduled UFC 137 welterweight title bout against Georges St. Pierre at Mandalay Bay on Oct. 29 after he failed to show up for news conferences promoting the fight on consecutive days.
Culinary Local 226 wants the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship, claiming the world’s largest promoter of mixed martial arts events is violating U.S. antitrust laws.
Zuffa LLC, which operates the UFC, is majority-owned by Frank Fertitta III and Lorenzo Fertitta, the principals in Fertitta Gaming and operators of Station Casinos. The Culinary is trying to organize many of the company’s 13,000 employees.