UFC ownership of past and present has invested in another combat sport and on Tuesday took one step closer to launching a new promotion.
Dana White’s Power Slap League will head to Las Vegas, targeted to officially debut by the end of 2022, after slap fighting received approval from the Nevada Athletic Commission during a monthly regulatory.
After a presentation by UFC chief business officer Hunter Campbell, the NAC determined slap fighting is a competition that should fall under its regulatory scope.
As usual, MMA Twitter had plenty of takes on the UFC’s newest venture. Scroll below to see what members of the community had to say.
Danny Segura
https://t.co/KRrpKBCttL pic.twitter.com/x4c0E3qlLO
— Danny Segura (@dannyseguratv) October 18, 2022
Ben Fowlkes
By this logic the commission should — nay, MUST — also regulate Mallet Fighting. Can’t have some yahoos out there doing their own mallet fights. https://t.co/N7hCLiGuY6 pic.twitter.com/XcUczBApyn
— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) October 18, 2022
Luke Thomas
If boxing is to hit and not be hit, slap fighting is kinda the opposite where getting hit is specifically arranged and done without impediment. Nevada’s commission is pretty shameless. https://t.co/cj25q58RhV
— Luke Thomas (@lthomasnews) October 18, 2022
Sean Ross Sapp
I'd maybe go with something besides White's Power! https://t.co/77LJBeuL4H
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) October 18, 2022
Simon Samano
Dana White and Co. might think that moving toward regulation like they did with MMA helps legitimize this venture, but nothing about slap fighting is sport. It’s a freak show and a money grab. It might as well be kicking each other in the nuts. 🥴 https://t.co/smYSPsSJ5p
— Simon Samano (@SJSamano) October 18, 2022
Simon Head
MMA: A sport where the fight ends if you are not intelligently defending yourself.
Slap Fighting: A sport where the rules insist that you refrain from intelligently defending yourself. https://t.co/1sFvSq8ZQr
— Simon Head (@simonhead) October 18, 2022
Darren Rovell
Training right now…be right back. https://t.co/SRDRAlXrn6
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) October 18, 2022
Erik Magraken
When NSAC adopts variants of combat sports they are supposed to consider
"the health and safety of the unarmed combatants participating in the contest or exhibition and the reputation of unarmed combat in this State"
Today they failed with flying colours
— Erik Magraken (@erikmagraken) October 18, 2022
Slap fighting is the equivalent if a Nascar race was just intentional car crashes.
— Erik Magraken (@erikmagraken) October 18, 2022
Anthony Walker
This is probably going to be a hit. Introducing the next drunken frat boy game https://t.co/IA3HaDGhX6
— Anthony Walker (@AntWalkerMMA) October 18, 2022
John S. Nash
NAC is trash. https://t.co/z3XhGgneLh pic.twitter.com/RDAG6f5526
— John S. Nash (@heynottheface) October 18, 2022
Caposa
Slap fighting is largely unwatchable. Unless they're bringing in the Eastern Europe monsters from PunchDown, don't even bother https://t.co/7JMOq1FhGs
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) October 13, 2022
