Press Release: New Era Fighting (NEF) has filed a state regulated claims form in the State of California, initiating a lawsuit against the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC), director individuals Armando Garcia and staffer Frank Munoz, as well as the State’s Department of Consumer Affairs, NEF president Ron Kort announced today.  The lawsuit is the result of the CSAC’s cancellation, just minutes prior to the start time of NEF’s scheduled tryouts July 19, 2007 in Montebello. The CSAC claimed Kort wasn’t a licensed promoter despite having approved his application, awarding him a promoter’s license, and cashed his renewal check for 2007. Kort believes the State is responsible, “due to a pattern and practice by the California State Athletic Commission of intentionally, willfully and viciously interfering with a licensed and approved event, which effected and injured New Era Fighting in the same or similar fashion as other mixed martial arts promoters, managers and fighters. I look forward to my day in court.”