Monte Cox, former manager of UFC champs Matt Hughes, Rich Franklin and Tim Sylvia is facing up to three years in prison for tax evasion.
Monte Cox, a legendary pioneer of MMA promotion in the 1990s who went on to manage multiple UFC champs in the Zuffa era, has pled guilty to one count of filing a false tax return in a plea deal with prosecutors according to the Quad-City Times.
Cox will be sentenced on February 24th and faces up to three years in prison and a maximum fine of $100,000. Cox admitted to receiving checks whose dollar amounts "significantly exceeded" the income he reported on his tax filings for 2007-2010.