Earlier this year I dissected some comments made by Mark Pavelich who proclaimed that he “is never going to put female MMA in my organization.” The outspoken CEO of Canada’s longest running MMA promotion, the MFC, justified his stance on the basis that  “I just don’t like to see females hitting each other.”  Interestingly enough, Mark … More The MFC Does An About Face On Reason Behind No Women Allowed Policy

With MMA’s ever growing popularity comes a greater need to comply with legislative requirements.  This is clearly in the long term interests of the sport and will help accelerate mainstream acceptance.  With this in mind Mark Pavelich, the outspoken CEO of Canada’s longest running Mixed Martial Arts organization (the MFC), voiced recent comments worthy of scrutiny. In an … More Does the MFC’s Ban on WMMA Violate Human Rights Legislation?