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A cozy relationship
By Zach Arnold | March 24, 2006
By Zach Arnold
Just how tight is the relationship between the UFC and the Nevada State Athletic Comission? Tight enough that the NSAC’s executive director, Marc Ratner, has now signed a deal to become a vice president for UFC.
John Ryan in the San Jose Mercury News equates Ratner working for UFC on a similar level to the NFL buying into the Arena Football League.
Jerry Magee of the San Diego Union-Tribune has an interview with Ratner about his new job in UFC. The Las Vegas Sun newspaper applauds the move on UFC’s part to hire Ratner.
Update: A columnist in the Reno Gazette-Journal praises the move.
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This is huge news for the UFC. Ratner is one of the most respected guys in boxing. His role in UFC will probably be to help sanction UFC in the states that don’t currently have sanctioning.
[...] The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Dana White has New York & Chicago penciled in as his next big media targets. It puts the hiring of Marc Ratner into perspective. [...]