Dana White's Power Slap League has failed to stay out of controversy since its very inception.
The slap-fighting league is once again at the center of controversy, this time over false claims regarding social media engagement. Following in the footsteps of the UFC, Power Slap League also displayed comments from fans (as the sport doesn't have pundits yet) on their live broadcasts.
Power Slap recently put up two comments, allegedly from Twitter accounts named @Aleksis_Vilums and @CjGaudet14, which read as follows:
"Wow the slap delivered by Rivero was crazy!!"
"Wow Doryan Perez is a bad man"
MMA Junkie's Matthew Wells did some commendable digging to find out that the comments did not show any results upon being searched on Twitter. Wells also found that the accounts linked to the posts had not posted anything since January 25, while the comments were shown yesterday.
Slap fighting has been widely slammed as a sport devoid of any logic, as it leaves competitors unable to defend themselves against direct strikes to the face/head. However, that did not stop UFC President Dana White from starting his own slap-fighting league.
White claimed that the sport will go on anyway and will be better regulated under him. Despite roping in referees from the UFC and inviting guests like Hasbulla and Mark Wahlberg, the hour-long show's viewership has only declined over time.
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