Zuffa, LLC, doing business as the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (“UFC®”), was awarded a legal victory today against former champion, Ken Shamrock. Shamrock, who claimed Zuffa had violated certain contractual provisions of his final fight agreement, was demanding several hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation he claimed was due and owing from the UFC. Following a trial before the Honorable Susan H. Johnson, the Court entered a sixteen page written decision concluding that Ken Shamrock was to “take nothing by way of its Complaint filed April 15, 2008, and judgment is rendered in favor of Zuffa, LLC dba the Ultimate Fighting Championship.” Specifically, Judge Johnson ruled that Zuffa (1) did not breach the contract; (2) that the contract should be interpreted in manner advocated by Zuffa; and (3) that, in any event, Shamrock and his attorney/agent Rod Donohoo waived any purported breach by Zuffa.
Ken Shamrock Loses Courtroom Fight With UFC
- The Scrapyard brings word that Zuffa beat Ken Shamrock in the courtroom (above test from press release by UFC).
They also made it clear that Zuffa, LLC will be pursuing legal fee reimbursement from Shamrock as is built in to all fighter contracts.
The saga of Ken Shamrock has become quite depressing over the past few years. The only win he’s picked up since 2006 was over the (now deceased) Ross Cliffton, a 300+ pounder with no true skills to speak of. After that fight Ken tested positive for steroids. Last month Ken’s father Bob passed away. Shamrock was planned to fight in a “world title bout” against Seth Petruzelli in Mexico. However, that fight was postponed due to government issues and now is planned to be in the U.S. (presumably somewhere without a sanctioning body). And now Ken loses a major court battle which will result in him having to pay the UFC for legal fees.
