One of the most controversial regional MMA promotions in the country is taking a step to clean up its act.
Xplode Fight Series, one of the principles in a recent investigate series by MMA Fighting, has hired a third-party sanctioning body, the U.S. Mixed Martial Arts Federation (UMMAF), to oversee its events, the UMMAF announced last week. XFS is able to avoid regulation by the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC), because it runs events on the San Pasqual Native American reservation near San Diego. UMMAF will begin regulating Xplode in November.
Recently, CSAC launched an investigation of Xplode Fight Series and other unsanctioned events like Gladiator Challenge due to their alleged practice of egregious mismatching and potentially unsafe conditions for fighters.