Casey Medas, the manager of the Roseland Ballroom, where the fights were scheduled to take place, was informed by the Taunton Police Department that the City Council would be shutting down the show. According to Medas, there were several reasons given as to why the show could not take place. The first, was overdue taxes that the Ballroom owed.

"I told them I’d pay a check on the spot. That didn’t do anything," said Medas, who continued on with the given reasons.

"They said our entertainment license expired in 2004. I showed them the check I paid them for that; everything was up to date so that wasn’t the reason. Then they said we need a revised ordinance to hold an event like this [but] I did a show three weeks ago and had no trouble at all."

The roadblock of needing a revised ordinance was news to Medas and the show’s promoters. Medas maintained that he was, "confused on that issue."

Another reason given was that the town brass didn’t like the crowd that the show would produce. "They said the crowd [the show] brings, brings trouble," said Medas, who showed the Taunton authorities the records that indicate no arrests from the past nine MMA shows that he hosted.

Comments in Taunton echo those of Patricia Malone, the director of Boston’s Office of Consumer Affairs and Licensing. Malone denied the show a permit in Boston based on the risk of the crowd, among other reasons.

Medas, Littlefield and Varner are awaiting official word from Taunton officials, but according to Varner, "they’re just trying to buy time. The show is probably over."