Keith Kizer Resigns From Nevada State Athletic Commission

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Mike Chiapetta broke news late Friday that Keith Kizer, head of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, is to resign in the near future from the NSAC.

From Fox Sports:

Keith Kizer, the executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commision will step down from his role effective on Jan. 27. Kizer, 47, submitted his resignation on Friday to the nation’s most influential athletic commission. He will stay in the state government as a deputy attorney general focused on administrative law.

Kizer has been in his current role for nearly eight years, and prior to that had served as counsel to the athletic commission.

“This is just a good time for me to move on,” Kizer told FOX Sports on Friday night. “It’s a new calendar year, there’s a new chairman, and we’re really slow. We have no fights this month, so it’s a good time for making a transition. Everything’s all set for the big fights in the spring, so if there’s a time to leave, this is the time.

Zach Arnold of Fight Opinion, the most knowledgeable about the Nevada scene, has a good wrap up of it right here.