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12th June 2016
04:20pm BST

The UFC has reportedly hired Washington-based firm Farragut Partners to lobby against the the Muhammad Ali Expansion Act, a bill proposed by former MMA fighter and current Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin, who wants to level the playing field between MMA promotions and fighters.
Mullin believes that promoters currently hold far too much power over fighters and that the federal law that exists in professional boxing ought to stretch to MMA.
O'Dwyers PR released a statement confirming the hiring of Farragut Partners, who the UFC are relying on to argue their case against the amendments suggested to the Ali Act.
"At UFC, we put on the fair fights that fans want to see and we can't understand why the federal government should decide which fights the fans get to see," UFC COO Ike Lawrence Epstein recently told ESPN.
"We know that there are many competitive promoter options for MMA athletes so we do everything in our power to be the best and be their first choice. That's why we strive to provide the more than 500 athletes who compete in the UFC with the highest compensation, best promotion and greatest opportunity to demonstrate their skills to the most enthusiastic fan base in the world."
A number of ex-UFC fighters disagree with the promotion's stance on the bill.
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