Leslie Smith plans legal action against UFC after having contract bought out in wake of union efforts 

Apr 24 2018 by MMA Fighting

 

Leslie Smith might go from fighting for the UFC to battling the UFC in court.

Smith, an MMA veteran, told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour that she is planning on taking legal action against the UFC for essentially buying out her contract last week prior to UFC Atlantic City. Smith is a leader of the fighter unionization effort and interim president of Project Spearhead, which wants the U.S. government to determine whether or not UFC fighters are employees or...

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