Neer under investigation by Iowa AC
TMZ Sports spoke with Iowa Athletic Commission Executive Director Joe Walsh, who tells us his team is actively looking into the incident involving Josh Neer.
Yesterday a video surfaced showing former Bellator and UFC fighter Josh Neer in an unsanctioned ‘gym fight.’ Apparently the victim had been harassing Neer on social media and accepted an invitation for the fight. Only a clip of the incident surfaced, but it shows the unnamed person helpless as Neer unleashes a brutal assault, which might now have Neer in hot water with his local athletic commission:
TMZ Sports spoke with IAC Executive Director Joe Walsh (not THAT Joe Walsh) who tells us his team is actively looking into the incident.
“We are aware of the situation. I have our legal team taking a thorough look at our rules. We’re checking to see if we have anything on the books that covers this.”
Walsh says the commission doesn’t usually have regulatory authority outside of the ring or octagon … telling us they generally oversee “events, not what occurs in gyms.”
Still, Walsh says, “We do have certain standards that our athletes must meet.”