Ambitious groups aims to unify Mixed Martial Arts titles

A group backed by a billionaire tobacco-settlement lawyer waded into the wildly popular but jumbled world of mixed martial arts fighting yesterday, announcing the creation of a unifying sanctioning body that aims to independently rank all MMA fighters, regardless of their promotional affiliation, and to sanction bouts that would crown undisputed world MMA champions.

By Max J. Dickstein

November 15, 2007