Ever wonder how the Las Vegas mob came to control the sport of mma in the first place?
https://archive.org/details/NoHoldsBarredBobMeyrowitzInterviewFrom2006OnMmaHistory
*it's not well known that former UFC boss Bob Meyrowitz attempted to get mma sanctioned in Nevada in 1999 and the commission, under the influence of then commissioner Lorenzo Fertitta (1996-2000), rejected the proposal - only to about face and approve exactly the same rule set in 2001 after the Fertitta family had turned around and purchased the UFC at pennies on the dollar a scant few months later.