Marc Ratner
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"Marc Ratner" is the current Vice President of Regulatory Affairs with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Formerly, he was the Executive Director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

Ratner joined the Nevada Athletic Commission in 1985, He became the Chief Inspector of the Nevada athletic commission in 1987 and Executive Director in 1992. Ratner left the Nevada Athletic Commission and joined the UFC as its vice president for regulatory affairs on May 15, 2006.

He is a member of the World Boxing Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame in 2012 as part of the organization's inaugural class of inductees.

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I can't even fathom anyone letting it happen. People get injured anyway in this sport without this. It just frightens me.

Tony will continue to referee major fights, ... We usually change officials (for rematches). Boxing is a tough sport, and we're saddened because what happened with Johnson was a horrible situation.

One of doctors is very conversant in Japanese. He will be working to help them if there are any problems.

It's a non-title special event as far as I'm concerned.

We're not changing anything, ... We've assigned the world's best referee, Joe Cortez, for the rematch. We'll take the same safety precautions we always take.

It will be one of the biggest cards in Nevada for a while, ... You're talking about some of the top heavyweights.

They met once and I think they're doing things individually.