UFC VP wants international regulatory body
UFC events in Canada, Australia and Sweden, are regulated by an independent regulatory body. But in places like U.K., Brazil and…
UFC events in Canada, Australia and Sweden, are regulated by an independent regulatory body. But in places like U.K., Brazil and Japan where no athletic commission exists for MMA, the promotion has taken that role.
UFC Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Mark Ratner would like to see a single agency take the lead in regulating international events, overseeing officials, conducting drug tests and enforcing the unified rules of MMA. He said the promotion is pushing for an “international federation” to do the job.
“We’d like to get it over to France, and someday to Brazil and to Italy, so we have one set of rules, one set of medical standards,” Ratner told MMAjunkie.com Radio. “That’s our long-term goal. We do need a worldwide federation.”
“We want to keep growing the sport,” Ratner said. “The reason we self-regulate is that there’s no commissions in certain countries, so in order to grow the sport, we have to put them on.
“But I would just as soon have an independent body regulating these fights.”