Month: October 2012

Welcome Top MMA News Readers

October 26, 2012

Keith Grienke, owner of topmmanews.com kindly republished my article discussing the Progress of Bill S-209 (the Bill seeking to formally legalize MMA in Canada).   I want to thank Keith for bringing my post to a larger audience to this issue. For those of you visiting here for the first time, welcome.  For more on Bill S-209 you can … More Welcome Top MMA News Readers

Canada’s MMA Law Passes First Reading in the House of Commons

October 25, 2012

Further to my efforts to keep track of Canada’s progress in formally legalizing MMA, Bill S-209 has now passed first reading in the House of Commons.  Below is the official Hansard transcript: Mr. Massimo Pacetti (Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, Lib.)  moved for leave to introduce Bill S-209, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (prize fights).     He said: Mr. … More Canada’s MMA Law Passes First Reading in the House of Commons