Jon Fitch Now 10 months into a class-action lawsuit against UFC parent Zuffa, WSOF welterweight Jon Fitch is getting used to the ins and outs of a courtroom fight. It’s one he says won’t be over until the industry-leader changes the way it does business. “We want to put pressure on them to make them change, because if they don’t, in four years, they’ll just be another suit filed,” Fitch (26-7-1), who next fights Yushin Okami (30-9) at WSOF 24, told MMAjunkie. “This will be an ongoing thing forever and ever.” Fitch wouldn’t be the first person involved in litigation to posture over its outcome, but the veteran fighter is encouraged by recent developments. In July, Zuffa was denied a recent motion to keep the plaintiffs from potentially voluminous amounts of records in the anti-trust suit, meaning Fitch and other fighters, as well as their lawyers, could soon uncover a trove of information about the way it does business. And in September, the MMA promoter also was denied a motion to dismiss the suit.
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WSOF’s Jon Fitch: If the UFC doesn’t change its biz practices, we’ll sue them again – MMA Junkie