What is Dana White’s Power Slap League?

UFC President has created a new ‘sport’ that experts fear may leave contestants with brain damage

UFC President Dana White
UFC President Dana White has defended the sport in the face of intense criticism
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Nikos Evangelou the clinical associate professor in the faculty of medicine & health sciences at the University of Nottingham explains how repeated mild head injuries from Power Slap could cumulatively lead to an increased risk of chronic brain injury diseases.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White has created a new brutal sport: Power Slap League. In this “sport”, contestants (men and women) slap each other as hard as they can in the head. A winner is decided by judges after three rounds.

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