Friday, July 30, 2010

Bellator Served By UFC

Bellator Served By UFC

The UFC, at the risk of sounding obvious here, is on top of the food chain in terms of being a mixed martial arts organizations; Strikeforce, Rage in the Cage and may others take up the rear.

Regardless of the organizations’ station, there usually is something listed in a contract when an employee of one of these promotions which discourage or even ban employees, upon termination, from using trade secrets with their next employer.

Apparently, someone did not get the memo as the UFC is taking Bellator Fighting Championships to court; specifically, the UFC has filed a lawsuit in a Nevada court against Ken Pavia and Bellator.

The bone of contention here is the alleged theft of “trade secrets and confidential Zuffa (parent company of the UFC) documents.

According to Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports, the suit provides copies of emails sent between Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney and Pavia that outline the wrongdoings.

Assuming that all of this is true and correct, you can almost safely assume that Bellator will be in deep, deep trouble a stealing trade secrets, regardless of the indutry in question, is a serious allegation. Should Bellator be found guilty of the charges levied against them, then expect Bellator to file some form of bankruptcy, as a result.

The suit will indirectly also show what tools that Rebney and Pavia are as leaving paper trails aren’t a very smart thing to do.




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