Ontario is in danger of losing the MMA race

The sky is not falling. MMA is not sanctioned in the province of Ontario. MMA won’t be sanctioned here any time soon. Premier Dalton McGuinty says it’s simply not a priority. No big deal. “Showdown” Joe Ferraro, the most inside guy in MMA in the province, says the same thing over at Sportsnet.ca. Things are status quo, the wheels are in motion, MMA will be sanctioned eventually and when it does it’ll blow open the door for the UFC, Strikeforce, Bellator and any small-time McDojo mogul with dreams of being the next Dana White.

That’s all well and good. Nothing to get upset about, as Joe says. MMA is coming. Patience, Joe preaches, and what else can we do but wait? Slow and steady wins the race, they say, and this is one of those situations. Except I know, and Joe knows, and everybody else knows that “slow and steady wins the race” is only true if you do in fact win the race. Otherwise, you were never in the race to begin with.