Scott Coker Launches Ki MMA With $60 Million Backing, Plans 32-Fighter Grand Prix
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Updated · Yahoo Sports · Sep 14
Scott Coker Launches Ki MMA With $60 Million Backing, Plans 32-Fighter Grand Prix
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Sports · Sep 14
Summary
$60 million in funding underpins Scott Coker’s return to MMA, giving new promotion Ki MMA unusually deep backing as it prepares to launch after his two-year hiatus.
Ki MMA is breaking with standard cage events by staging fights in a ring, while Coker says the venture will draw on the innovation and fighter development that marked his Bellator and Strikeforce runs.
Rich Chou is rejoining Coker as head of talent relations and executive matchmaker, adding a longtime lieutenant as the promotion builds its roster and event structure.
A 32-fighter featherweight Grand Prix spanning four continents will crown Ki MMA’s inaugural 145-pound champion, forming the centerpiece of a planned 2027 debut.