UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                    Form 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT

     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
                                December 22, 1998


                      Orlando Predators Entertainment, Inc.
               ---------------------------------------------------
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in it charter)


      Florida                      001-13217                   91-1796903
----------------------------       ----------             ----------------------
(State or other jurisdiction      (Commission                (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)                 File Number)            Identification Number)


                               20 N. Orange Avenue
                                    Suite 101
                                Orlando, FL 32801
                     --------------------------------------
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (407) 648-4444


                                 Not applicable
           -----------------------------------------------------------
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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ITEM 5.  Other Events

     On December 9, 1998, Jack Youngblood, the Company's former President, filed
a lawsuit  against the Company in the United  States  Circuit Court of the Ninth
Judicial Circuit in Orange County, Florida, case no. 98-10027-35.  The action is
entitled  Herbert Jackson  Youngblood III vs. Orlando  Predators  Entertainment,
Inc., et al. The complaint as it relates to the Company, principally alleges the
Company breached its employment  agreement and also alleges the Company issued a
defamatory  press release  stating that Mr.  Youngblood  had been placed on paid
administrative leave.

     The Company states that Mr. Youngblood was taken off  administrative  leave
on  November  24, 1998 and refused to return to work.  Mr.  Youngblood  was then
terminated for "job  abandonment" by the Board of Directors on Monday,  December
22, 1998.

     The Company  believes  that Mr.  Youngblood's  claims are without merit and
intends to vigorously defend the action.


                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                           ORLANDO PREDATORS ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
                                           (Registrant)

                                           By: /s/ Jeffrey L. Bouchy
                                              --------------------------------
                                                Chief Financial Officer

Dated: January 5, 1999
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UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                    Form 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT

     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
                                December 22, 1998

                      Orlando Predators Entertainment, Inc.
               ---------------------------------------------------
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in it charter)

      Florida                      001-13217                   91-1796903
----------------------------       ----------             ----------------------
(State or other jurisdiction      (Commission                (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)                 File Number)            Identification Number)

                               20 N. Orange Avenue
                                    Suite 101
                                Orlando, FL 32801
                     --------------------------------------
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (407) 648-4444

                                 Not applicable
           -----------------------------------------------------------
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
ITEM 5.  Other Events

     On December 9, 1998, Jack Youngblood, the Company's former President, filed
a lawsuit  against the Company in the United  States  Circuit Court of the Ninth
Judicial Circuit in Orange County, Florida, case no. 98-10027-35.  The action is
entitled  Herbert Jackson  Youngblood III vs. Orlando  Predators  Entertainment,
Inc., et al. The complaint as it relates to the Company, principally alleges the
Company breached its employment  agreement and also alleges the Company issued a
defamatory  press release  stating that Mr.  Youngblood  had been placed on paid
administrative leave.

     The Company states that Mr. Youngblood was taken off  administrative  leave
on  November  24, 1998 and refused to return to work.  Mr.  Youngblood  was then
terminated for "job  abandonment" by the Board of Directors on Monday,  December
22, 1998.

     The Company  believes  that Mr.  Youngblood's  claims are without merit and
intends to vigorously defend the action.

                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                           ORLANDO PREDATORS ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
                                           (Registrant)

                                           By: /s/ Jeffrey L. Bouchy
                                              --------------------------------
                                                Chief Financial Officer

Dated: January 5, 1999