Jon Anik has quite the schedule with his job as UFC commentator, but he would make some room to call a slap fighting event.
The UFC play-by-play commentator is all in on this new sport, which has risen in popularity in the last year, and would love to narrate an event in the future. Anik finds slap fighting fascinating.
“I love slap fighting, Slap Fighting Championships,” Anik told MMA Junkie Radio. “I’m so compelled by it.
“It’s also like professional wrestling. I’m not a professional wrestling fan. I’d be ill-equipped to be a WWE commentator, but if I’m flipping through the channels, whoever rarely that happens, I can’t stop watching professional wrestling.
“Slap fighting is that times 10. I can’t get enough of this stuff, but no, no one is calling my number for that just yet. But certainly, I hope before my career is said and done to call an NFL football game and to call a slap fight. I think it’s absolutely awesome.”
Slap fighting basically consists of two competitors standing within arm’s reach of each other. The two combatants take turns winding up and striking their opponent in the face with an open hand. Spotters back the two slappers in case one loses consciousness.
On Tuesday, the Nevada Athletic Commission approved slap fighting as a sport to be overseen and regulated by the state after a proposal and presentation by UFC chief business officer Hunter Campbell during Tuesday’s monthly meeting.
Campbell, along with UFC president Dana White and former UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta, are looking to launch a slap fighting promotion in Nevada with a promotion called Dana White’s Power Slap League. It’s unknown when Dana White’s Power Slap League will debut now that they’ve received the green light from NAC.
