Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
96/100
Toronto Sun's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Entertainment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Lingerie Fighting Championships won’t backing down from Power Slap in a looming legal battle over its own open-handed combat event named Power Spank.
asserted
Championships → back → event
Last month, attorneys representing Power Slap sent a cease-and-desist letter to the LFC, demanding it stop using the Power Spank name.
asserted
it → represent → name
LFC’s Power Spank is billed as a parody of Power Slap, the fighting league founded and co-owned by UFC CEO Dana White.
asserted
Spank → bill → White
Power Slap features fighters clocking each other in the face with open-handed slaps, attempting to knock each other out.
asserted
fighters → feature → other
Power Spank, on the other hand, features combatants hitting each other on the backside before a victor is decided.
asserted
victor → feature → backside
What did Lingerie Fighting Championships say about the action?
asserted
Championships → say → action
Despite the legal action from White and Co., Lingerie Fighting Championships won’t be backing down, hitting back with a fiery statement that it is willing to take the fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court if it needs to.
asserted
it → back → Court
“We respect Power Slap and its founders, but we will not be bullied into abandoning protected speech,” LFC’s CEO Shaun Donnelly said in a press release.
asserted
Donnelly → respect → release
“We will defend our right, and the right of every American, to free speech, and if that takes us to the Supreme Court, we are prepared to go.”
asserted
we → defend → Court
LFC also claimed that one of its competitors was hospitalized after competing in a Power Slap match, which helped prompt the invention of the “more fun” Power Spank.
asserted
which → claim → Spank
“We watched one of our fighters get seriously hurt (at Power Slap) …” Donnelly said in a press release without naming the injured competitor.
asserted
Donnelly → watch → competitor
And, let’s be honest, a spank is a lot more fun to watch than a slap.”
asserted
spank → let → slap
White is yet to comment on the situation, with Lenee Breckenridge, Senior VP of Communications for the UFC, telling USA Today that the company’s head honcho is travelling for the next few days.
asserted
honcho → comment → days
Power Slap reportedly is valued at an estimated $750 million US, having grown considerably over the past few years.
uncertain
Slap → value → years
But that type of financial backing won’t deter the much-smaller LFC in this looming legal battle.
asserted
type → deter → battle
“This isn’t a gimmick to us — it’s a statement,” Donnelly said in the press release.
asserted
Donnelly → ’ → release
Power Spank proves you can still pack a house without packing an ambulance.”
asserted
you → prove → ambulance
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