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Also known as Zuffa

TKO Operating Company, LLC (TKO OpCo), also doing business as Zuffa ( ), is an American sports promotion company specializing in mixed martial arts. It was founded in January 2001 in Las Vegas, Nevada, by Station Casinos executives Frank Fertitta III and Lorenzo Fertitta to be the parent entity of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) after they purchased it from the Semaphore Entertainment Group.

Key facts

Company.name: TKO Operating Company, LLC
Company.logo: ZuffaLogo.jpg
Company.trading_name: Zuffa
Company.former_names: Zuffa, LLC (2001–2023)
Company.type: Subsidiary
Company.founders: Frank Fertitta IIILorenzo Fertitta
Company.key_people: Ari Emanuel (CEO – Endeavor)Dana White (CEO and president – UFC)
Company.industry: Sports promotion
Company.owner: TKO Group Holdings
Company.parent: Endeavor
Company.subsid: Ultimate Fighting Championship (2001)World Fighting Alliance (2006)Pride Fighting Championships (2007)World Extreme Cagefighting (2010)Strikeforce (2013)
Company.location_city: Las Vegas, Nevada
Company.location_country: United States

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Company

Jurisdiction: US-NV
Headquarters: Las Vegas, US

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Wikidata facts

Country: United States
Founded by: Lorenzo Fertitta
Headquarters: Las Vegas
Owned by: WME Group
Industry: mixed martial arts
Legal form: limited liability company
Sport: mixed martial arts

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inception: 2001-01-01
location of formation: Las Vegas
owner of: World Extreme Cagefighting
end time: 2023-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2023-09-12

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