Earlier today it was reported that a physical altercation between two prominent MMA managers occured at last night’s PFL event in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
Abe Kawa, who is the Vice President of First Round Management, told ESPN<\/a> that Ali Abdelaziz, the CEO of Dominance MMA, approached him at Mandalay Bay last night and proceeded to slap him across the face.<\/p>\n That strike prompted a scuffle to ensue, resulting in the two prominent MMA managers being quickly separated by security and police in attendance.<\/p>\n According to former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis<\/a>, who is a client of Kawa’s, Ali approached Abe in the crowd and proceeded to slap him “like a b*tch” before he “was gone in 15 seconds”.<\/p>\n PFL executive vice president Jim Bramson told ESPN that security and police dealt with the altercation, but PFL officials will also launch an investigation.<\/p>\n “We were focused on the action in the cage,” Bramson said. “We’re going to look into it, and see if we can find anything out about it.”<\/p>\n Most recently, Abe’s older brother Malki took to Twitter where he had the following to say regarding last night’s controversial incident.<\/p>\n One day (really soon) I\u2019ll tell you guys the truth about my \u201caltercations\u201d with that rat. But so we\u2019re clear, he never ko\u2019d me, never dazed me, never did anything but throw a sucker punch and then I got grabbed<\/p>\n — malki kawa (@malkikawa) October 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n