Rattling The Cage: New Organization Launches With Hopes Of Representing UFC Fighters

The Professional Fighters Association launched this week, with the union "specifically targeting UFC athletes for representation," according to Damon Martin of FOXSPORTS.com. The PFA is led by baseball agent Jeff Borris and attorney Lucas Middlebrook, who defended UFC fighter Nick Diaz last year "in his appeal hearing with the Nevada State Athletic Commission" after a five-year ban. The PFA in a release stated that it will take "specific aim at the athletes fighting in the UFC as a group they hope to organize and add to the union for collective bargaining." While there has been talk about "unionizing UFC fighters for several years, no one has been able to organize a majority of the athletes." It is unknown whether the PFA "will have any real impact, but the union has launched with hopes of organizing UFC fighters in the very near future" (FOXSPORTS.com, 8/11).