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Shine Fights Unable to Get Licensed in Virginia, Moves to Oklahoma

According to mmafighting.com:

Just a week before its lightweight grand prix tournament, Shine will pack up camp and move the event to Oklahoma. The exact location and venue is not yet known.

According to a source close to the promotion, the issue at the heart of the move was a marketing push by Shine that gave fans the opportunity to choose the matchups for the first-round bouts in the tournament. That apparently didn’t sit well with Virginia’s commission, which operates under the Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. The commission wouldn’t issue Shine a license because of the fan matchmaking, the source said.

Shine’s official website still had the event listed for Virginia as of Saturday morning, along with a link to purchase tickets.

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