{"id":123796,"date":"2014-12-24T18:07:52","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T02:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=123796"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:00:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:00:21","slug":"merry-christmas-ufc-brandon-vera-suing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/merry-christmas-ufc-brandon-vera-suing\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas UFC! Brandon Vera Is Suing You"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Vera<\/a>
\nSixteen-fight, nine-year UFC fighting veteran, Brandon “The Truth” Vera is the latest athlete to file a lawsuit against The Ultimate Fighting Championship.<\/p>\n

And he did it in time for Christmas.<\/p>\n

Bloodyelbow.com<\/a> has the scoop:<\/p>\n

Another antitrust suit has been filed in the California Northern District Court against Zuffa, LLC, the majority owner of the UFC: 5:14-cv-05621 Vera et al v. Zuffa, LLC. The plaintiffs this time are listed as former UFC fighters Pablo Garza and Brandon Vera. The complaint has been assigned to Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sixteen-fight, nine-year UFC fighting veteran, Brandon “The Truth” Vera is the latest athlete to file a lawsuit against The Ultimate Fighting Championship. And he did it in time for Christmas. Bloodyelbow.com has the scoop: Another antitrust suit has been filed in the California Northern District Court against Zuffa, LLC, the majority owner of the UFC: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":123798,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nMerry Christmas UFC! Brandon Vera Is Suing You | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sixteen-fight, nine-year UFC fighting veteran, Brandon "The Truth" Vera is the latest athlete to file a lawsuit against T... 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