Rob For is running for Mayor of Toronto. To find out more please go to: www.robfordformayor.ca Rob Ford wants to bring Mixed Martial Arts to the Rogers Centre and says when he becomes mayor of Toronto on October 25th he will pressure the Ontario government to do just that. “It’s not just street fighting, Toronto councillor Rob Ford said. It’s violent, sure. But nobodys forcing you to watch it. MMA is growing and growing and growing and there’s a lot of money to be made.” “I just dont know why we don’t capitalize on that. I’m a business man, so if you see an opportunity like this, you jump on it. But to let it go by the way side, you might as well flush millions of dollars down the toilet.” Ford is on the steps of Queen’s Park along with many other fans of this fast growing sport. They were there to protest the ban on the sport in Ontario. It is big enough that predictions are the sport would sell out the 67000-seat Rogers Centre very quickly. The Toronto area gets the most pay-per-view hits, per capita, than any other place in the world. Folks around here love their Mixed Martial Arts! It all comes down the interpretation of section 83 of the Canadian Criminal Code, which deems prize fighting to be illegal with the exception of amateur boxing or any boxing contest held with the permission or under the authority of an athletic board or commission. Most provinces interpret MMA as being a boxing contest, and therefore legal. The Ontario government, however, doesn’t see it …
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