Shine Fights COO Jason Chambers told MMA Fighting on Wednesday afternoon that neither he nor his fighters are terribly worried about the Oklahoma Athletic Commission’s threat to deny a license for the next 60 days to any man who competes in the non-sanctioned event at the First Council Casino in Newkirk, Oklahoma this Friday night.
Despite the “major concerns” voiced by the commission’s director, Chambers insisted that every fighter is “exceedingly comfortable” with participating in the event on Otoe-Missouria Tribe land, and that all of them had been made aware of the potential consequences from the commission.
“We’ve communicated to them what’s been said, but that’s coming from second-hand information from the internet,” Chambers said. “Are we going to go tell them, the forums are saying you guys are going to have this or going to have that? Our matchmaker is very open with them and communicating with them. That’s a non-issue, the suspensions and stuff. They’re well aware of what the possibilities could be, absolutely.”