Most fans are well aware of the UFC boss, Dana White’s efforts behind boosting the promotion’s stature. After his takeover in 2001, the 53-year-old took a few major decisions which have turned the UFC from a $2M organization to the $12B MMA promotional giant we know today. Hence, it’s quite understandable that White doesn’t want any malpractice within or related to his resurrected organization.
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Moreover, the UFC supremo often cracks down on the defaulters of this issue. Starting from fighters trying to tarnish the organization’s image to illegal marketing and streaming of UFC PPVs, Dana White, and Co. have dragged defaulters to the doors of the court. Recently, The Syracuse area of New York stood witness to one more such incident when the UFC took legal action against a local bar in that area.
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The defaulting bar named ‘Hungry Chuck’s’ is located on Marshall Street in the Syracuse University area. After a five-year absence, the pub at 135 Marshall St. reopened in a new location last year. It has been in operation in the Syracuse University region on and off for more than 50 years.
But they could have never expected that they would land in trouble over broadcasting the UFC 283 PPV held at the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro on 21 January this year.
Reports also say that ‘Hungry Chuck’s’ had advertised the broadcasting of UFC 283 on its own Instagram page in January. But, they went to broadcast it illegally, without paying a commercial licensing fee to the UFC, which landed them in the current situation.
‘Syracuse.com’ reported that the UFC filed a lawsuit against them and charged them an amount of $110,000 per defendants. It’s pertinent to note that ‘Hungry Chuck’s’ and its owner Steve Theobald were listed separately as defendants. Therefore, the total amount charged by the UFC for ‘Hungry Chuck’s’ misconduct stood at an insane $220,000.
Dana White and Co. have subjected other businesses to the same fate too
This news may shock a number of fans. But, they also need to know that this is not the first time that the UFC has drawn business owners to the courtroom for illegal broadcasting. In the last few years, the promotion has subjected three such businesses to the same fate.
The UFC also filed a lawsuit against The Grove, located in Binghamton in March for airing a November 2022 PPV without paying the required licensing fee. Venturing into the past year will also inform us about three more such instances. In 2022, the UFC lured the amounts of $15,000 and $2000 from two such defaulting businesses located in the Queens area. Out of them, one was a bar and grill and the other one was a sports bar.
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However, their settlement amount with the third business in Westchester County wasn’t disclosed. But a large chunk of fans might speculate it to be a rather heavy one. After listening to all of this, would you dare to stream a UFC PPV event via illegal means?
