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MMA glossary

coercive contracts

UFC contracts that prevent fighters from signing elsewhere, notably through automatic renewal clauses if the fighter refuses a proposed bout, drastically limiting their bargaining power.

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Max-Charles: fireworks incoming! + Jones coming back for Poatan?
March 2, 2026 · Aldric & Herbi · 30 k views

Max-Charles: fireworks incoming! + Jones coming back for Poatan?

« it's about coercive contracts. That's it, it's a debate. We really need to do a full episode on it someday, and today it's so full of leg lock systems and all that it's become even more complicated »

Alexandre Binet · at 34:22
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