Unlicensed Vermont fight promoter issued top fine for child fighting, pandemic violations
Modified: 4/22/2021 10:11:18 PM
RUTLAND An unlicensed fight promoter in Rutland has been ordered to pay $22,500 after promoting fights between children as young as 6 years old and violating the governor’s COVID-19 executive order.
Lauren Hibbert, director of the Vermont’s Office of Professional Regulation, said it was the largest administrative penalty she has ever seen.
Randy Felion, who has used the business names “Fight Night Promotions” and “VTBeefs,” is not registered as a fighter or promoter with the state or the National Boxing Registry, but he has held a total of eight mixed martial arts events between May 2019 and June 2020.