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Forrest Griffin Appointed Head of Selection Committee for New U.S. Official Amateur MMA Federation

As the current UFC vice president of athlete development, not to mention a frequent public representative of the organization in the Las Vegas community, Forrest Griffin is a busy man. Still, the opportunity to help continue developing the sport of mixed martial arts in the U.S. at the grassroots level proved impossible for him to turn down.

The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation told MMA Underground that the UFC Hall of Famer has been appointed as the head of a selection committee that has been established "to recruit the best adult amateur fighters in the nation," as part of the United States Fight League, which was recently named as the official amateur MMA federation for the U.