Ken Pavia is a former sports agent, founder of the Huntington Beach, California based sports agency MMAagents and the former CEO of India's first MMA Promotion Super Fight League.
18 Facts About Ken Pavia
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From 2005 to September 2011 Pavia represented a client roster of 75 professional mixed martial artists at MMAagents, most of whom competed in top tier mixed martial arts promotions such as the Ultimate Fighting Championship, World Extreme Cagefighting, Pride Fighting Championships, Strikeforce, DREAM, and Bellator Fighting Championship.
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In September 2011, Ken Pavia announced that he had sold the majority of the assets in his company, MMAagents, to Paradigm Sports Management but he would be staying on as a consultant during the transition.
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Ken Pavia is an American of Italian descent who was born in Rochester, New York in 1966.
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Ken Pavia obtained his collegiate undergraduate degree from the University of California Los Angeles in 1989 where he was the goalie on the Pac-10 champion ice hockey team.
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Ken Pavia then attended the University of Miami School of Law, graduating in 1991.
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Soon thereafter, Ken Pavia opened Fiduciary Management Group and began his career in athlete representation.
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Ken Pavia's career representing professional mixed martial artists began on May 9,2005 when he was approached by former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez with the request that Ken Pavia assume his representation.
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Ken Pavia, who had been a fan of mixed martial arts from the time he purchased UFC 1, agreed and thus began the career that would lead to the creation of MMAagents.
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Ken Pavia claimed to fly over 150,000 miles in 2010 and 2011 and 200,000 in 2012 for mixed martial arts.
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Ken Pavia came on board as Director of Business Development and Takedown quickly landed the participation of more than 30 international MMA organizations.
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On January 1,2012, Ken Pavia was named as CEO of the Super Fight League, India's first major mixed martial arts promotion founded by celebrity entrepreneur IPL cricket team owner Raj Kundra and Bollywood mega star Sanjay Dutt.
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Ken Pavia was successful in landing coverage for the SFL on the front page of the largest english language newspaper in the world, the Mumbai Times where he was frequently quoted.
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Since the sale of his agency, Ken Pavia has been consulting with international MMA promotions in countries including India, Bulgaria, Serbia, Finland, Costa Rica, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Russia.
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Ken Pavia has been hired to assist with promotions that are in the concept phase as well as existing promotions, and brings in systems and processes that improve and grow the events.
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On two occasions Ken Pavia was invited to events by Russian President Vladimir Putin and met with him to strategize how to grow the sport of MMA in Russia.
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Ken Pavia has appeared four times as a panel member on the weekly HDNet program "Inside MMA".
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Ken Pavia has been seen on The Dating Game, Studs, an ESPN Game Show, The Geraldo Rivera Show, Celebrity Rehab, Fight Zone Presents, and numerous commercials.