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Randy Couture, UFC’s Marc Ratner to discuss Ali Act at U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hearing

A discussion about the Ali Act’s extension into MMA will have an important audience this week.

MMA legend Randy Couture and UFC executive Marc Ratner will be among the speakers in a hearing about the Muhammad Ali Act Expansion Act in front of a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday in Washington, D.C. The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection is an offshoot of the House’s Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Also on the agenda as witnesses are Dr. Kristen Dams-O’Connor, the director of the Brain Injury Research Center at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine in New York, and Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission executive director Greg Sirb.