For many years, Cung Le and many other boxers such as Nathan Quarry, Jon Fitch, Brandon Vera, Luis Javier Vazquez, Kyle Kingsbury, … still pursued the anti -exclusive lawsuit with the world's largest MMA tournament UFC.
In a recent move, they built a website to collect evidence for this lawsuit, with the expectation of reclaiming justice for “more than 1200 boxers”, who played at UFC between December 2010 to June 30, 2017.
“Representing the collective of the boxers, we think that UFC has used frauds to dominate the market to provide MMA boxer services,” the introduction of UFCCLassaction.com website.
“Taking advantage of that deception, UFC has paid the salary to MMA boxers lower than that of the martial artists who deserve it. We also think that UFC has violated the anti -monopoly law that causes damage to all MMA boxers. As a representative of the martial artists, we have filed a lawsuit, not only for us, but also representing about 1,200 UFC martial artists who have played UFC for UFC.”
“Our goal is to reclaim the benefits that 1,200 boxers deserve. And the second goal is to force UFC to change the way they are doing business.”
The Vietnamese -born boxer who played at the Strikeforce and became UFC's boxer when UFC acquired Strikeforce in 2011. The conflicts of Cung Le with UFC were not entirely just about money, but also on honor.
In 2014, Cung Le was suspended by UFC due to the use of steroids, but later it was discovered that this test was wrong and UFC also lifted the decision to suspend the competition of the palace.
However, when Cung Le asked a public apology, UFC refused. When Cung Le demanded to leave the tournament, he was also tightened by UFC with harsh contract terms.
“Without our contribution, there would be no MMA, and there would be no UFC,” said Cung Le. “We want to sue the way UFC treats us, the way we are paid, and what we have to endure.”