Overview

• CSAC voted 6-0 after a two-hour hearing with more than 90 attendees, adding a requirement that minimum purse and insurance levels include state-level cost-of-living adjustments.
• Public comment split 12 in favor and 20 opposed, with backers including Nick Khan, John McCarthy, Forrest Griffin and promoters Tom Loeffler and Cory Rapacz, and critics including former UFC fighters such as Matt Brown, Sara McMann, Carlos Newton and Kajan Johnson.
• Commissioners cited agreement on national minimum payments and safety provisions but noted concerns about potential monopoly risks, contract length and pay transparency.
• H.R. 4624 would allow optional Unified Boxing Organizations to operate outside traditional sanctioning bodies, raise minimum pay (reported at $150 per round) and injury insurance (reported at $25,000), and enable UBO titles and rankings.
• The meeting was moved up from a planned December date, prompting transparency complaints and Brown Act violation allegations from groups including the MMAFA, which requested subcommittee minutes.