At Tuesday’s Nevada Athletic Commission hearing in Las Vegas, executive director Bob Bennett said the sanctioning body he oversees could look to curb a trash-talking culture in combat sports that appears at times to be spiraling out of control.
Citing the role of Conor McGregor’s heated rhetoric in inflaming tensions with Khabib Nurmagmedov, which ultimately boiled over in a post-fight brawl at UFC 229 in Las Vegas for which both fighters were sanctioned, Bennett hinted fighters could be suspended or fined for their words.
“I think it’s gotten to the point with certain unarmed combatants to where it’s become totally unacceptable,” Bennett said.