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MMA fighter Josh Brueckner is suing a supplement company for terminating a promotion deal due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new Manhattan federal lawsuit.

You Can Beam, which sells whey protein and collagen powder, allegedly agreed to pay Brueckner $15,000 a month for six months to plug their products to his 2 million-plus Youtube subscribers and 550,000 Instagram followers.

After inking the deal, the pro middleweight MMA fighter whose nickname is G.I. Josh received one $15,000 payment in March.

That same month, Beam CEO Russell Saks told Brueckner’s agent that “the agreement was being terminated because the company was in severe financial distress because of the coronavirus emergency, and the company was just trying to ‘keep the lights on.’”

Despite ending the agreement, Beam allegedly continued to prominently display Brueckner’s photograph on their website, wrote attorney Jason Solotaroff.

Brueckner is suing for $90,000, alleging breach of contract and civil rights violations.

You Can Beam didn’t immediately return requests from comment.

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