 At the 2008 MMA event held in Montreal, Ontario residents purchased roughly 42% of the tickets sold.Marc Ratner, the Ultimate Fighting Championship's (UFC) Vice-President of Regulatory and Government Affairs commented that MMA is popular in Toronto and on a per-capita bases, it is top of the UFC's market with regards to pay-per-view purchases and viewers.Following the suite of professional boxing and kickboxing, MMA will fall under the Ontario Athletics Control Act and will be regulated by the Ontario Athletic Commissioner.