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18th Mar 2015

Police arrest world’s most notorious UFC pirate

Party's over, guys

Ben Kiely

The world’s most prolific uploader of UFC content online has been arrested in the UK.

The UK’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit claims to have taken one of the most infamous torrenters of WWE and UFC content on the planet. The 55-year-old who’s uploader moniker is SirPaul was arrested at his home in Leicestershire early Wednesday morning.

According to police, the man is “believed to be one of the internet’s biggest offenders” when it comes to uploading combat sports content to both peer-to-peer and user-generated content sites.

The police searched his home and seized several computers before taking him to a local police station for questioning.

“We take online piracy very seriously,” said UFC Chief Legal Officer Kirk Hendrick. “And will continue to work with law enforcement officials around the world to prevent illegal sharing of UFC content.

Hat-tip to MMA Mania

Topics:

UFC,WWE