What the Hell is Zuffa?

by Donna on Apr 20, 2010 11:31 AM EDT in Get Schooled

Lorenzo Fertitta, CEO of Zuffa. Photo courtesy of Sherdog.

So of course you all know the UFC, which is the biggest promotion in MMA. Well, Zuffa is the company that owns the UFC. Zuffa was founded by brothers Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta in 2001, after they were contacted by Dana White about buying the struggling UFC promotion. Lorenzo is the company's CEO, while Dana White is the President of the UFC. Zuffa also owns World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC), Pride Fighting Championships, and World Fighting Alliance (WFA). The purchase of Pride and WFA gave Zuffa access to their fighter contracts.

Oh, and Zuffa is the Italian word for fight.

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they are actually doing promos to when they are showing the best of pride fights.

i like some of the old pride fights so of course i will watch.

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