Testimony was heard before a Congressional Subcommittee on the possibility of expanding the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act to combat sports. Randy Couture, Marc Ratner, Greg Sirb and Dr. Kristen Dams-O’Connor testified at Thursday morning’s hearing. The testimony centered around the business of MMA and the possible expansion of the Ali Act and at times […]
PFL draws 238K unique viewers for last Thursday’s online event
The Professional Fighters League announced it drew its largest online audience ever for its card last Thursday. The online streams provided 238,000 unique views. The four-bout card was on a Thursday and went up against NFL Thursday night football, NBA and NHL on television. The event was headlined by Blagoy Ivanov vs. Caio Alencar. It […]
Live Stream: Congressional Hearing on Perspectives on MMA
This morning, the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection will hear from Randy Couture, Marc Ratner, Greg Sirb and Dr. Kristen Dams-O’Connor on MMA and the proposed expansion of the Muhammad Ali Act. You can watch below: The witnesses have provided their statements that they will deliver to the committee. You can find them […]
Background Memo Produced for Congressional Hearing on MMA set for Thursday
On Thursday, Randy Couture, Marc Ratner, Dr. Kristen Dams-O’Connor and Greg Sirb will testify before a Congressional Subcommittee discussing MMA and the proposed bill which would expand the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act to combat sports. Currently, there are 7 co-sponsors to the bill introduced by Republican congressman Marwayne Mullin in May 2016. “Perspectives on […]
White states he’s getting into boxing business
Dana White revealed that he aims to enter the boxing business. White revealed this during Peter Berg’s Wild Card West speaker series in which he said he’s “getting into boxing, 100 percent.” White also claimed that he was in the process of attaining his promoter’s license per the LA Times. As many who followed this […]