The class-action antitrust lawsuit against the UFC by six former fighters is in a news-related lull of fact and expert discovery, with action currently scheduled to pick up in the fall for class certification. During the fact discovery process, both the UFC and Plaintiffs subpoenaed documents from the second-largest MMA promotion, Bellator MMA, which President Scott Coker and company aren't too keen on turning over "to its largest competitor and to the athletes with whom it negotiates."
On Feb. 22, Bellator filed a Motion to Quash the subpoenas in the Central District of California claiming the documents demanded by the UFC and Plaintiffs are highly confidential and a presumption of harm exists in disclosing such information to the promotion “allegedly striving to squeeze it out of the market.