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Nolan King

‘If a NASCAR race was just intentional car crashes’: MMA Twitter reacts to UFC slap fighting league, NAC approval

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.

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