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Dana White’s Power Slap League is raising eyebrows across the world, including on the floors of the United States Congress. Power Slap was launched earlier this year to mixed reactions from the combat community. After White’s physical alter…
Dana White’s Power Slap League is raising eyebrows across the world, including on the floors of the United States Congress. Power Slap was launched earlier this year to mixed reactions from the combat community. After White’s physical altercation with his wife was caught on video, some felt Power Slap shouldn’t have moved forward with its…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVKBEkTci7Q
Today’s Congressional hearing on MMA conducted by the Energy and Commerce Committee can now be viewed on demand. In addition to the above YouTube embed, you can watch in HD on C-SPAN’s website. The committee’s own YouTube channel streamed an alternate version live, but as of this writing, the archive is not working due to what appears to be user error.
The panel of witnesses for the hearing consisted of:
Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma), a former pro MMA fighter who’s attempting to get the sport added to the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act (commonly known as the “Ali Act”) was one of the Congressmen present at the hearing. It lasted about 80 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVKBEkTci7Q
Today’s Congressional hearing on MMA conducted by the Energy and Commerce Committee can now be viewed on demand. In addition to the above YouTube embed, you can watch in HD on C-SPAN’s website. The committee’s own YouTube channel streamed an alternate version live, but as of this writing, the archive is not working due to what appears to be user error.
The panel of witnesses for the hearing consisted of:
Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma), a former pro MMA fighter who’s attempting to get the sport added to the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act (commonly known as the “Ali Act”) was one of the Congressmen present at the hearing. It lasted about 80 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgPbfJbcK1w
The issue of this coming Thurday’s (December 8th) Congressional hearing on mixed martial arts just got a lot more interesting. According to Congressman Markwayne Mullin in an interview with Bloody Elbow’s Amy Dardashian, the UFC’s representation threatened to no-show the hearing upon learning that Randy Couture would be there as part of the panel discussing the sport. While the UFC would not respond to Bloody Elbow’s request for comment on the record, a company source told Dardashian on background that Mullin’s story was not true. The hearing, which is designed to educate Energy and Commerce Committee members about MMA, will be broadcast live on C-SPAN and streamed on the committee website.
According to the web page for the hearing, the other witnesses will be:
Couture has had numerous business disputes with the UFC under both of its previous ownership regimes, but the seemingly permanent fracture came in January 2013. Couture, who had been working as an analyst for Fox cards on a per-show basis, signed a deal with Bellator to be a coach on Fight Master, their own twist on The Ultimate Fighter. It even got to the point where the UFC attempted to ban him from cornering his son Ryan, who was under contract at the time, but athletic commissions overseeing corner licenses put the kibosh on that panning out until Ryan was cut anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgPbfJbcK1w
The issue of this coming Thurday’s (December 8th) Congressional hearing on mixed martial arts just got a lot more interesting. According to Congressman Markwayne Mullin in an interview with Bloody Elbow’s Amy Dardashian, the UFC’s representation threatened to no-show the hearing upon learning that Randy Couture would be there as part of the panel discussing the sport. While the UFC would not respond to Bloody Elbow’s request for comment on the record, a company source told Dardashian on background that Mullin’s story was not true. The hearing, which is designed to educate Energy and Commerce Committee members about MMA, will be broadcast live on C-SPAN and streamed on the committee website.
According to the web page for the hearing, the other witnesses will be:
Couture has had numerous business disputes with the UFC under both of its previous ownership regimes, but the seemingly permanent fracture came in January 2013. Couture, who had been working as an analyst for Fox cards on a per-show basis, signed a deal with Bellator to be a coach on Fight Master, their own twist on The Ultimate Fighter. It even got to the point where the UFC attempted to ban him from cornering his son Ryan, who was under contract at the time, but athletic commissions overseeing corner licenses put the kibosh on that panning out until Ryan was cut anyway.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x47y9h1_leaked-seminar-footage-dana-white-explains-why-it-s-better-to-pay-fighters-less_sport
The United States House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce has added an entry for a hearing on MMA to its website. Taking place next Thursday, December 8th, at 10:00 a.m. ET, it’s titled “Mixed Martial Arts: Issues and Perspectives.” While Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma), a former MMA fighter and the sponsor of the bill that would add MMA to the Ali Act, is on the committee, the hearing is not focused on the Ali Act. Instead, according to an email from Mullin’s office, next week’s hearing “will provide a deeper dive into the sport as a whole.”
Timing is the most interesting part of the story right now, as this was announced just two days after the MMA Athletes Association made its own announcement about its formation (as well as the news coming out Friday night, where it will be buried, relatively speaking. There has also been little chatter about the Ali Act and MMA since Mullin’s last media tour several months ago.
This is a developing story and we’ll bring you more details as they’re available.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x47y9h1_leaked-seminar-footage-dana-white-explains-why-it-s-better-to-pay-fighters-less_sport
The United States House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce has added an entry for a hearing on MMA to its website. Taking place next Thursday, December 8th, at 10:00 a.m. ET, it’s titled “Mixed Martial Arts: Issues and Perspectives.” While Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma), a former MMA fighter and the sponsor of the bill that would add MMA to the Ali Act, is on the committee, the hearing is not focused on the Ali Act. Instead, according to an email from Mullin’s office, next week’s hearing “will provide a deeper dive into the sport as a whole.”
Timing is the most interesting part of the story right now, as this was announced just two days after the MMA Athletes Association made its own announcement about its formation (as well as the news coming out Friday night, where it will be buried, relatively speaking. There has also been little chatter about the Ali Act and MMA since Mullin’s last media tour several months ago.
This is a developing story and we’ll bring you more details as they’re available.