If you haven't been up to speed on recent MMA news over the past few months, there was a firing at the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board in November that caused some feathers to be ruffled inside the MMA community. Larry Hazzard, the long-time commissioner of the NJSACB for 22 years, was fired and was apparently given no reason as to why he had been terminated. Hazzard has submitted a letter only a month earlier pointing out charges of "malfeasance" against officials at the NJSACB. From the looks of it, Governor Jon Corzine's rebuttal to the letter was to fire him. Hazzard was instrumental in bringing mixed martial arts to New Jersey, and by bringing the sport to NJ, it helped the progress of MMA being brought to other states.
With that all said, there are a few charges in this posting of the full details of the lawsuit by Eddie Goldman at ADCC News that are very interesting and appauling:
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