DCMS Select Committee questions BBC decision to broadcast MMA
By Max Miller2021-03-12T13:52:00+00:00 The BBC has agreed to broadcast Bellator MMA exclusively in the UK on BBC iPlayer in 2021 The Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport Select Committee (DCMS) has questioned the BBC’s decision to broadcast MMA competitions in the UK. Citing fears over the effect of concussions, DCMS chair Julian Knight MP has written to BBC director-general Tim Davie to invite him to the committee before 31 March. Knight wrote: “On 9 March Peter McCabe, chief executive of the Headway charity, told the DCMS Committee that he would immediately ban both boxing and cage figh...
Source: broadcastnow.co.uk