A report indicating Zuffa, LLC has agreed to the sale of UFC is being shot down by a company spokesman.
"FloCombat.com's report indicating that the UFC has been sold is false," UFC vice president of public relations Dave Sholler said in a statement to Yahoo Sports. "We've communicated that to our staff members tonight via an internal memo."
The report indicated the long-rumored sale of the top mixed martial arts company in the world had been completed for $4.2 billion to a group that includes William Morris Endeavor-IMG, the Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda, The Kraft Group, and Chinese investment company Tencent Holdings Limited.
Nothing has been finalized, which may be why the UFC is denying the report, preferring to wait until the deal is officially signed to let the public (and their employees) know about impending changes.
Sholler did not indicate anything further, and UFC President Dana White declined to comment, leaving open the possibility that the deal fell through or was never in place to begin with.
The UFC has consistently denied all reports regarding the sale to date.
