{"id":410237,"date":"2022-10-27T10:47:47","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T10:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=410237"},"modified":"2022-10-27T10:47:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T10:47:47","slug":"ufcs-dana-white-introduces-power-slap-league-claims-it-to-be-a-super-safe-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/ufcs-dana-white-introduces-power-slap-league-claims-it-to-be-a-super-safe-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC\u2019s Dana White Introduces &#8220;Power Slap League&#8221;: Claims It To Be A Super Safe Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Power Slap League,&#8221; a power-slapping tournament created by Dana White, will soon begin. The activity, which first gained popularity in Russia and Eastern Europe, spread like wildfire and now has American audiences.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve never witnessed one, it&#8217;s exactly what it sounds like. Two competitors face off across a small table and alternate, slapping each other until one of them can no longer continue or they give up.<\/p>\n<p>Three judges scored the fight in the Slap Fighting Championship, with a knockout deciding the victor. If a participant could continue after being slapped for 30 seconds, they were declared the winner. Each competitor received one slap during each of the three rounds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">BOOOOOOOM!!!! @powerslapleague <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VBTsdQfxcm\">pic.twitter.com\/VBTsdQfxcm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; danawhite (@danawhite) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite\/status\/1583919882663436288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The UFC will reduce the size differences between fighters that have occasionally occurred in slap fighting using weight divisions.<\/p>\n<h2>UFC President Dana White Brings Slap-Fight As A Sport to America!<\/h2>\n<p>UFC president Dana White would like everyone to think that slap fighting is a safe sport. However, not everyone is buying what White is selling, despite her best efforts and some attempted intimidation.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe bottom line is, in a boxing match, guys get hit with 300-400 punches in an f\u2014g fight. These guys are going to get hit with three slaps,<\/em>\u201d Dana White said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dana White dropped a trailer for his new slap fighting org, Power Slap and the knockouts are epic! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QsiQq47L3w\">https:\/\/t.co\/QsiQq47L3w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TMZ (@TMZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TMZ\/status\/1584628344108335104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>White recently talked to MMA Combat about how regulation will make slap fighting safe, as well as the Nevada State Athletic Commission&#8217;s approval of his fledgling promotion. White attacked his sceptics and critics while promoting the safety theme.<\/p>\n<p>The One-Eyed Wolf from Barstool&#8217;s Rough N Rowdy and other rivals can be seen on the video, sometimes practically hitting other athletes in the face.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dana White\u2019s Power Slap League gets approval from Nevada Commission, first event planned for late 2022 (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DamonMartin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DamonMartin<\/a>)  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sx1sfKfQZR\">https:\/\/t.co\/Sx1sfKfQZR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/01tbaHxsSa\">pic.twitter.com\/01tbaHxsSa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MMA Fighting (@MMAFighting) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMAFighting\/status\/1582431381765832704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The release of Power Slap is drawing near.\u00a0An advertisement for the Power Slap League was unveiled at UFC 280. It will be a sanctioned athletic event in Nevada and will be a slap-fighting organisation. The organisation&#8217;s rule was approved by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. One of the first publications to report on the formation of the group was MMA Junkie.\u00a0They scheduled an opening press conference for November.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There&#39;s going to be an official slap fighting league? Is Will Smith the reigning champ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XQyCJzyhQK\">pic.twitter.com\/XQyCJzyhQK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDailyShow\/status\/1582909652945145857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;After testing it, it became clear to us that there&#8217;s massive potential here as a sport, not unlike the early years of the UFC,<\/em>\u201d said UFC Chief Business Officer Hunter Campbell via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/story\/_\/id\/34824263\/dana-white-power-slap-league-gets-approval-nsac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a>. <em>&#8220;It made all the sense in the world to go toward regulation before the sport&#8217;s commencing, for all the obvious reasons &#8212; No. 1, the health and safety of the competitors.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking News:<\/p>\n<p>Dana White\u2019s Power Slap League Main Event: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5BtsAMUXmg\">pic.twitter.com\/5BtsAMUXmg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jed I. Goodman \u00a9 (@jedigoodman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jedigoodman\/status\/1582476099690237952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The sport has been around for a while, but it has primarily existed in the shadows up until UFC president Dana White became involved.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b-Ve1d0lTD4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS UPDATES-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nba\/\">NBA\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nfl\/\">NFL\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/mlb\/\">MLB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Power Slap League,&#8221; a power-slapping tournament created by Dana White, will soon begin. The activity, which first gained popularity in Russia and Eastern Europe, spread like wildfire and now has American audiences. If you&#8217;ve never witnessed one, it&#8217;s exactly what it sounds like. Two competitors face off across a small table and alternate, slapping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":387864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[3473,3474],"class_list":["post-410237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc","tag-dana-white","tag-power-slap-league"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}