Ultimate Fighting hires lobbying firm

The Ultimate Fighting Championship , which grew out of seedy tough-man contests to become one of the fastest-growing sports in the nation, has now joined the political mainstream, too.

UFC, owned by Zuffa LLC, officially became a special interest when it retained Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck to lobby on Capitol Hill.

Brownstein lobbyists don’t face any big fights on Capitol Hill. They say their mission is to let lawmakers know how far the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA), which combines karate, jiu-jitsu, boxing, kickboxing, wrestling and other forms of martial arts, has come...More?

source: thehill.com