Zuffa, LLC, is an American sports promotion company specializing in mixed martial arts, founded in January of which year, in Las Vegas, Nevada, by Station Casinos executives Frank Fertitta III and Lorenzo Fertitta?
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Zuffa
Zuffa, LLC ( ) 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.
 The word "Zuffa" is an Italian word (] ), meaning "fight".
 On July 11, 2016, Zuffa announced that it would be purchased by WME-IMG for the price of $4 billion.
Frank Fertitta III
Frank Joseph Fertitta III (born February 24, 1962) is an American entrepreneur.
 He is the current CEO of Station Casinos.
 He is also an owner of Zuffa LLC, which is the entity that formerly ran the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
George X
George X (letter "X") (born January 23, 1974) is a Mexican television show host specialized in action sports and Mixed Martial Arts.
 George X is the Spanish-language announcer of the X Games for ESPN Deportes and play-by-play commentator for the Mixed martial arts promotion company Bellator Fighting Championships.
 While working for Televisa in 2001, George X gained national notoriety in Mexico as he covered Super Bowl XXXV dressed as an American football player.
 In 2004 George X hosted the controversial Fear Factor-like series Gana la Verde for Liberman Broadcasting in Los Angeles, where winning contestants were promised legal representation to get a Green Card.
 In addition, George X hosted 3 seasons of the award winning show "Reto Final Nissan" for Fox Deportes, where he had to reunite international soccer stars and get them to play a televised rematch. List of current UFC fighters
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion, founded in 1993 by Art Davie and Rorion Gracie.
 The organization was purchased from its parent company SEG in 2001 by Zuffa LLC, a promotional company owned by Las Vegas casino magnates, Lorenzo Fertitta and Frank Fertitta and managed by Dana White (current president of operations).
 In 2016, it was sold to Christoffer Ahl (WME-IMG) for $4 billion.
 Since its inception, and through its Zuffa management, the UFC has remained one of the more dominant MMA promotions in the world, playing host to a wide field of MMA fighters. Pride Fighting Championships
Pride Fighting Championships (Pride or Pride FC, founded as KRS-Pride) was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion company founded by Nobuyuki Sakakibara and Nobuhiko Takada.
 Its inaugural event was held at the Tokyo Dome on October 11, 1997.
 Pride held more than sixty mixed martial arts events, broadcast to about 40 countries worldwide.
 Pride held the largest live MMA event audience record of 91,107 people at the Pride and K-1 co-production, "Shockwave/Dynamite", held in August 2002, as well as the audience record of over 67,450 people at the "Pride Final Conflict 2003".
 For ten years PRIDE was one of the most popular MMA organizations in the world. Frank Fertitta Jr.
Frank Joseph Fertitta Jr. (October 30, 1938 – August 21, 2009) was an American entrepreneur.
 He was the founder of Station Casinos, a gaming company based in Summerlin, Nevada.
 The company started out as a locals casino operator on July 1, 1976, opening the Bingo Palace, which was later renamed Palace Station.
 The company went public with an IPO in 1993 upon Fertitta's retirement. Mixed Martial Arts Pakistan
Mixed Martial Arts Pakistan (or PAK MMA) is the premiere mixed martial arts (MMA) and martial arts promotion based in Pakistan that was created in December 2007 by Bashir Ahmad to promote martial arts (and martial sports such as boxing and wrestling) styles in Pakistan with a particular focus on mixed martial arts competition. Station Casinos
Station Casinos is a gaming company based in the Las Vegas suburb of Summerlin, Nevada, founded by Frank Fertitta, Jr. Station Casinos, along with Affinity Gaming, Boyd Gaming, and American Casino & Entertainment Properties, dominate the locals casino market in Las Vegas.
 The company purchased several sites that were gaming-entitled, meaning that major casinos can be built at that location without additional approvals.
 There are only a limited number of such sites available in the Las Vegas area.
 Station has also branched out into managing casinos that they do not own.
 Red Rock Resorts, Inc. () is a publicly traded holding company that owns a portion of Station Casinos. List of Irish UFC fighters
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion, founded in 1993 by Art Davie and Rorion Gracie.
 The organization was purchased from its parent company SEG in 2001 by Zuffa LLC, a promotional company owned by Las Vegas casino magnates, Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta and managed by Dana White (current president of operations).
 Since its inception, and through its current Zuffa management, the UFC has remained one of the more dominant MMA promotions in the world, playing host to a wide field of MMA fighters. Rumble on the Rock
Rumble on the Rock (also known as K-1 Rumble on the Rock) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company in promotion with K-1 and operated by Fighting and Entertainment Group and Rumble World Entertainment.
 Headquartered Hawaii, Rumble on the Rock was formed in 2002 and enforces the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts with events structured around tournaments.