It was a surprise to see MMA manager Ali Abdelaziz tweet a photo of himself, with what appear to be event credentials around his neck, inside the PFL cage with four freshly crowned PFL champions. The reason for that shock was that the PFL had banned Abdelaziz, who is the president and founder of Dominance MMA Management, from PFL events pending the resolution of two battery cases.
One of those cases, a misdemeanor battery charge, was dismissed on November 25 according to online court records. That charge was tied to the scuffle Abdelaziz had with UFC fighter Colby Covington in a buffet line after Dominance fighter Kamaru Usman defeated Tyron Woodley for the welterweight title in March.