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The UFC White House card could cost up to $60 million, but the promotion won’t pay a $100 permit to get the event officially sanctioned. That’s according to District of Columbia Combat Sports Commission, Andrew Huff, who claims that the UFC has opted against going through the official channels because the event is being hosted […]
The UFC White House card could cost up to $60 million , but the promotion won’t pay a $100 permit to get the event officially sanctioned. That’s according to District of Columbia Combat Sports Commission, Andrew Huff, who claims that the UFC has opted against going through the official channels because the event is being hosted on federal land. If the event remains unsanctioned, Huff warns that the bout outcomes would not be recognized on the athletes’ official records.
“We don’t know anything,” Huff told the Washington Post (h/t Sherdog ). “Every promoter in the District of Columbia should be, and is, held to the same standard, whether you’re putting on a small wrestling show or a major event. I’m concerned about precedent.
What happens when someone puts on a boxing match in Malcolm X Park? They don’t need to get us involved? ” Unfortunately for Huff, there is quite a bit of precedent for fighting on federal land to avoid state athletic commissions.
For example, when COVID-19 shut down the sporting world (and the rest of it too), one of the UFC’s first attempted strategies to hold events was to pivot to the Tachi Palace Casino Resort in Lemoore, California. Why would that help? Tachi Palace is on an Indian reservation belonging to the Tachi-Yokut Tribe , part of the federally-recognized Santa Rosa Indian Community .