Former President of the American Medical Association Says Maine Should Be 'Ashamed' for Sanctioning MMA

In today's issue of the Portland Press Herald, the former President of the American Medical Association and Southern Maine resident, Dr. Robert McAfee, wrote that Maine should be "ashamed" for legalizing and regulating the sport of Mixed Martial Arts. With only a little over three weeks until Maine's first sanctioned MMA event and as the prime sponsor of the legislation that brought the sport to our state--I was a little disheartened to read the Dr.'s opinion this morning.

Ariel Helwani, one of the hardest working and most respected journalists in MMA, was good enough to interview me and blog about Dr. McAfee's position. Read what Ariel had to say about Dr. McAfee's editorial here.