The UFC boss is making bizarro a regular sport. His new slapping league already has specific rules. What will it look like?

Dana White promised to make the increasingly popular slapping a regular sport. And he’s already begun to make good on his words. The league known as Power Slap, which he will oversee outside the UFC, already has rules in place, and the head of the star MMA organization has revealed other news.

It started as a bizarro. However, thanks to social media, the slap has started to spread among the people. Videos of it could be found virtually everywhere. Several organizations that specialize in the sport have also sprung up. However, it can’t be said that a rather specific sport is perceived as regular worldwide. And that may soon change.

In fact, Dana White, the head of the UFC, intends to make slapping a regular sport with the best possible facilities and he started working on it quite quickly after his announcement. Today we already know that under his supervision, the Power Slap League will start in 2023.

The goal is clear. To make the Power Slap League the biggest slapping organization in the world. He received approval from the Nevada Athletic Commission in October, and on Friday in New York City at a press conference, White announced several new developments.

What will the Power Slap League look like?

We now know that the Power Slap League tournaments will be televised in the U.S. by cable station TBS. Likewise, UFC boss Dana White announced that he’s not going to work every day in the organization.

What are the actual rules? Coins will be drawn to determine who has the right to vote. This includes the choice of awarding or conversely cashing in the first slap. Each person will have 30 seconds to slap, the opponent will have another 30 seconds to recover.

Each match has a minimum of three rounds. There are three ways to win – by knockout, TKO or on points. Scoring will be on a 10-point system just like in MMA or boxing. Fighters will be awarded points based on the effectiveness of their slaps along with the reaction and recovery time to the slaps received.

Fouls will include such things as stepping over, stalling or illegal reaching. Similarly, stuttering or blocking a slap is considered a foul. Penalties include warnings, point deductions, repeated strikes or disqualifications.

Fighters must then announce in advance which hand they will use. Understandably, there are no weight classes for slapping.

Participants in the new league will then also face medical tests as UFC stars do. Fighters will be monitored by an anti-doping program.

Source: MMA Fighting, Jose Youngs