Ken Pavia
American martial artist
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. 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 (UFC), World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC), Pride Fighting Championships, Strikeforce, DREAM, and Bellator Fighting Championship.
In September 2011, 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. In an interview with MMAJunkie regarding the sale of MMAagents Pavia was quoted as saying: 'It was a move that was good for everybody involved, so we took the jump.'
Early years
Pavia is an American of Italian descent who was born in Rochester, New York in 1966. In 1978 he relocated to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina where he attended prep school at Sea Pines Academy. He 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. Pavia then attended the University of Miami School of Law, graduating in 1991. Soon thereafter, Pavia opened Fiduciary Management Group and began his career in athlete representation.
Prior to venturing into the mixed martial arts industry, Pavia enjoyed a twelve-year career representing athletes in both the National Hockey League and Major League Baseball.
Mixed Martial Arts Agency
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 Pavia assume his representation.
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