Stephan Bonnar might be done fighting in a cage, but he’s still fighting for other things in the MMA world. The UFC Hall of Famer and runner-up of season one of “The Ultimate Fighter” wants to secure a UFC Fight Pass streaming deal for North Star Combat – a Minnesota-based MMA promotion. Bonnar was appointed president of the promotion earlier this year. Bonnar hopes the execs at UFC Fight Pass will add North Star Combat to the list of promotions around the globe that use the streaming platform to showcase their live events. “So far, we got rejected (by the UFC), but they said to just keep working on our product and maybe we’ll reconsider you, and we have we’ve made some improvements, so hopefully they’ll reconsider,” Bonnar told MMA Junkie. North Star Combat hosts both amateur and professional fights, but Bonnar says the promotion’s goal is to go fully professional in the future.
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