Shortly after announcing his intention to introduce a bill that would expand the powers of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act to the sport of MMA, Oklahoma congressman Markwayne Mullin found himself sitting in his office having a conversation with a UFC executive who insisted that there was no such thing as a UFC championship. “He actually said that to me,” Mullin told MMAjunkie. “He said, ‘We don’t have them fight for a championship belt. We bestow an award on an individual for the best fighter that night.’ I said, ‘See, this is exactly why we need this.’” The executive in this case was UFC COO Lawrence Epstein, who met with Mullin in April to argue against the Muhammad Ali Expansion Act that Mullin has since put forth with support from the bill’s co-sponsor, Democratic congressman Joseph Kennedy III of Massachusetts
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With Ali Act, a long battle for MMA’s future is just beginning – MMA Junkie