{"id":143908,"date":"2015-05-15T11:40:48","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T18:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=143908"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:27:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:27:03","slug":"uh-oh-ufc-back-under-federal-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/uh-oh-ufc-back-under-federal-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"UH-OH! UFC Back Under Federal Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Lorenzo-Fertitta.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Lorenzo-Fertitta.png\" alt=\"Lorenzo-Fertitta\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-142306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Lorenzo-Fertitta.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Lorenzo-Fertitta-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Lorenzo-Fertitta-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Lorenzo-Fertitta-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Trade Commission opened a case against Zuffa Inc., the parent company of the UFC, back in 2012 for violations of regulations following their buyout of Strikeforce in 2011. 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