Power Slap League: MMA News: TBS and Warner Media postponed the premiere date for the UFC President’s Power Slap League project following the recent controversy surrounding Dana White slapping his wife, Anne. However, on January 18, the Power Slap League made its TV premiere following a delay. This has been one of Dana White’s most significant undertakings recently, and he has devoted a lot of effort to marketing the competition, which is billed as the biggest slap competition in history. Follow MMA News Updates with InsideSport.IN.
Given the league’s concept and type for both good and bad reasons, fans were hooked and curious to see how it would turn out. Meanwhile, as the first episode aired, viewers had some ideas about it. Let’s see what went down in the White’s slap competition.
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Power Slap League: What happened in Dana White’s Slap competition’s debut episode?
Power Slap League’s Nevada sanctioning has sparked a lot of debate. In fact, there were a wide range of reactions to the event, most of which were unfavorable. However, after it got aired, some fans thought the event was brutal given how hard the slaps were, which surprised them.
While others thought it was absolutely ridiculous. Fans learned about the sports’ regulations in the first episode since each sport has its own set of rules that must be followed.
The initial slap is decided by a coin toss prior to the competition, and the striker will slap with open hands in each round. The striker gets 30 seconds to slap after which there is a 30-second recovery time, and these all go through the three rounds. According to White, it is the ultimate toughness test, and if it advances to the third round, the judges will make their decisions according to the standard MMA method.
Rob Perez and Ryan Phillips began the action by scoring a unanimous decision in favor of Perez. Afterward, we saw the Ron and Darius promo, which will be part of the pay-per-view season finale where they will slap each other. Later, Alex Asbury and Michael Smith’s match started.
Our @PowerSlapLeague striker Rob Perez is an absolute animal, which is partly why he’s called the One Eyed Wolf! 🐺
Don’t miss all the action when Power Slap debuts TONIGHT on TBS at 10PM ET/PT pic.twitter.com/ezdkhxQDul
— UFC (@ufc) January 18, 2023
In this match, we saw Asbury’s lip get sliced open by Smith. And the fight got stopped by a doctor. As a result, Smith defeated Alex Asbury. And after that, Duane Crespo takes face, Matthew Strickland, in the heavyweight match, which comes next on the lineup. Immediately after the bout began, Crespo hits Strickland first and wins by knocking him down cold.
Similarly, we witnessed several devastating battles that made many experts wonder how much harm the athletes actually endure given that they only had 30 seconds to recuperate from the severe strikes. Overall, the event began with some intense action that both many people enjoyed and many people loathed.
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