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    The Federal Trade Commission has ended a long-running investigation into Zuffa's business practices.

    "Upon further review of this matter, it now appears that no further action is warranted by the commission at this time," stated a letter published this past Wednesday by FTC secretary Donald S. Clark and sent to lawyers representing Zuffa and Explosion Entertainment. "Accordingly, the investigation has been closed."

    Zuffa chief counsel Lawrence Epstein declined to comment on the ruling when contacted today by MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).

    Zuffa LLC owns the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Explosion Entertainment is the former owner of Strikeforce.

    The investigation attempted to determine whether Zuffa violated "Section 7 of the Clayton Act or Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act" when it purchased Strikeforce this past March, the letter stated.

    Section 7 of the Clayton Act addresses business monopolies while section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act addresses unfair or deceptive business practices.

    "This action is not to be construed as a determination that a violation may not have occurred, just as the pendency of an investigation should not be construed as a determination that a violation has occurred," the letter stated. "The Commission reserves the right to take such further action as the public interest may require."

    This past week, UFC president Dana White invited the government to look into Zuffa's business practices and boldly predicted that efforts to slow down the company's momentum would fail.

    "People love to come at us with the negative [expletive] – like (UFC executive) Lorenzo (Fer ta) said, this is the greatest sports story in the last 50 years," White said. "So it is what it is. We're going to do it the way that we do it, the way that we want to do it, no matter who says what, no matter who does what. If the government wants to come in and look inside, take a peek and look around – more than welcome.

    "Many of you have heard stories and all kinds of things. Mark my [expletive] words, right here, right now, today: We're not going anywhere."
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    The UFC has less of a monopoly on MMA than the NFL does on football, or the NBA has on basketball. Not sure why the government wasted their time looking into Zuffa.

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