Last week, Al Iaquinta became the third member of the Project Spearhead interim executive board. The UFC lightweight contender took the role of interim secretary and treasurer, joining interim president Leslie Smith and interim vice president — and fellow 155-pound fighter — Kajan Johnson.
Project Spearhead is a new effort to unionize UFC and Bellator fighters. It was launched by Smith earlier this month. New York labor lawyer Lucas Middlebrook, best known as Nick Diaz’s attorney in his 2015 Nevada Athletic Commission case, is also involved as counsel.
Iaquinta’s decision to step up and join the Project Spearhead board was easy to make; he simply wanted to help out with the unionization effort to give MMA fighters more rights.