MMA Prospect's 'Man vs Chimp' Event Canceled After Streaming Site Removed

Overview

• Cole Johnson, an amateur fighter known as Wavy MMA, promoted a countdown stream and a website claiming he would fight a chimpanzee to generate online attention.
• Primate scientists warned that staging a human‑versus‑chimp encounter would be dangerous and unethical, saying chimpanzees can inflict catastrophic injuries and cannot be treated as entertainment.
• The website wavyvschimp.com was taken down by its host's Trust & Safety team Friday after monitoring flagged the site for possible cryptocurrency promotion, which canceled the planned 8pm Central broadcast.
• Johnson later acknowledged the stunt was a prank, removed the streaming link, and replaced it with a donation link to the Jane Goodall Foundation.
• The episode highlights growing platform enforcement against deceptive or risky online promotions and raises questions about animal welfare, influencer monetization, and how hosts police potentially fraudulent campaigns.