Alliance MMA Inc (fka AMMA)

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AMMA CEO resigns. The President and the Chief Marketing Officer terminated!


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Item 5.02 Departure and Appointment of Certain Officers.


On February 7, 2018, Alliance MMA, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: AMMA) announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Paul K. Danner III, resigned as an officer of the Company, effective immediately, to pursue other career interests. Mr. Danner will stay on as Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors through May 1, 2018. The Company also terminated the employment of the Company’s President, Robert Haydak, and its Chief Marketing Officer, James Byrne.



Robert L. Mazzeo will serve as the Company’s acting Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. Mr. Mazzeo, age 63, has served as the Company’s corporate counsel since 2016. Mr. Mazzeo has been a partner in the law firm of Mazzeo Song P.C. since 2005, where his practice primarily involved securities transactions and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Mazzeo has also served as Chief Executive Officer of Enclave Capital LLC, a brokerage and investment banking firm registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Mazzeo is a graduate of Brown University and Yale Law School.



The terms of Mr. Mazzeo’s compensation have not yet been determined. In accordance with Instruction 2 of Item 5.02 of Form 8-K, the Company will amend this Current Report on Form 8-K within four business days after such information is determined or becomes available.



A copy of the press release relating to this Item 5.02 is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. A copy of the press release is also available on the Company’s website at www.alliancemma.com .