Never mind A-list actors. The latest battleground in the talent agency wars might be mixed martial arts. Over the past six months, Wme and CAA have begun staking their claim in the octagon. In July, Wme-img acquired Ufc for nearly $4 billion. That came on the heels of CAA Sports signing top Ufc stars Cain Velasquez, Rory MacDonald, T.J. Dillashaw and Tim Kennedy as well as Mma coach Firas Zahabi (the agency has long repped Georges St-Pierre). That puts CAA in the awkward position of negotiating for clients with a league owned by its biggest rival.
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- 11/4/2016
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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