Zuffa steps up for the fighters!

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"There’s going to be a battle. I’d rather sit down with the UFC,
[president] Dana White and [CEO] Lorenzo Fertitta and figure out a way
to implement some things with their blessing. Health insurance for
fighters when they’re not competing is a huge issue. There are a few
fighters who could call up the UFC and say, ‘Look, I need some help, I
blew out my knee in practice,’ and the UFC is going to help them.
They’ve been generous but they can’t do that with everyone. There are
over 200 fighters ... There’s a whole bunch of issues when you start
unionizing ... There’s a give and take there. [Unions] can sometimes get
carried away. It would be great to sit down and figure out a way to
take care of the guys in this company so that everybody feels good about
it and no one is in a position to have too much power or for a fighter
to take advantage of a union and hold out. There’s got to be a way to
come together and meet on ground that everyone can live with."

"What immediately came to my mind was, What's the need for insurance?
Because advocates for MMA have been touting how safe this sport is and
that no one is ever injured, and in fact, the testimony here is that the
worst that ever happened was a broken arm. But I don't think that
insurance is going to do anything for the very prevalent brain damage
that fighters will suffer.
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When I explained to Reilly that the UFC fighters were already covered
for injuries suffered in fights and the new insurance would cover
injuries, suffered in or outside of the gym, while training or not for
an upcoming fight, Reilly added:
"It's certainly not a bad thing that they provide this insurance, but
it really does little or nothing to solve the problem of what will
happen to fighters financially, of the physical damage done to fighters
or the fact that this violent sport begets violence in our society. So
it does nothing to address the systemic problems of MMA."