A federal judge in Las Vegas has preliminarily approved a class action settlement requiring Ultimate Fighting Championship to pay $375 million to fighters who said they were underpaid for their bouts for years.

Ultimate Fighting Championship’s $375 million antitrust settlement with former fighters has secured preliminary approval by a Nevada federal judge, a milestone for litigation over wages that began a decade ago.

A judge grants preliminarily approval on the UFC's £281m settlement in one of two legal cases affecting hundreds of its former fighters.

More than 1,000 former Ultimate Fighting Championship martial arts fighters could each receive payouts ranging from $15,000 to more than $1 million in a newly proposed $375 million class action settlement resolving claims that their bout wages were suppressed.

A certified class of former Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters filed for preliminary approval of a $375 million settlement with the organization’s parent company, their second attempt before a Nevada federal judge.

A $375 million settlement agreement between the UFC and former fighters was reportedly approved Tuesday. According to ESPN's Andreas Hale, Judge

It appears UFC fighters from 2010 to 2017 are set to receive some compensation following a judge's ruling in Nevada

A 10-year legal battle appears to finally be over, as a judge approved a $375 million settlement between the UFC and its former athletes in the Le v. Zuffa lawsuit on Tuesday. The lawsuit in question was an antitrust case where the UFC was accused of using its position as MMA's top promotion to suppress fighter wages between 2010 and 2017.

The $375 million UFC antitrust lawsuit settlement has been approved by the judge The judge was reportedly swayed by the fighters’ health issues in their declarations The judge handling the UFC antitrust lawsuit has finally approved the $375 million settlement after being moved by the fighters’ health updates.