The office of the British Columbia Athletic Commissioner, who oversee various amateur and professional combat sports in the Province, is looking to overhaul and finalize their rules relating to amateur MMA, Pankration, Kickboxing, Muay Thai and Combat Sports Tournaments (events where athletes participate in more than one match during the event). The BCAC has put … More BC Looks to Overhaul Amateur Combat Sports Rules
The BC Athletic Commissioner has released their post bout drug test results following UFC 174. The Commission advises as follows: VICTORIA – British Columbia athletic commissioner Dave Maedel has issued the following statement about drug testing results received following the UFC 174 match on June 14, 2014, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver: “The focus of … More UFC 174 Drug Test Results
(Update – July 11, 2014 – The BCAC has changed their position and did indeed implement an out of competition test prior to UFC 174 on Bagautinov) _____________________________________________________ UFC 174 will be the promotion’s first event regulated under the newly formed Office of the British Columbia Athletic Commissioner. With the big show coming to town … More No Out of Competition Drug Tests For UFC 174 According to BCAC
The Office of the BC Athletic Commissioner has released their long awaited anti Doping Policy and Therapeutic Use Exemption policy for Performance Enhancing Drugs. You can find a full copy of the policies here: BCAC Anti Doping Policy BCAC TUE Policy Section 21 of the BC Minister’s Athletic Commissioner Regulations adopted the WADA Prohibited List … More BC Athletic Commission Releases TUE And Anti Doping Policies; Bans TRT TUE’s
Amateur MMA is government regulated in BC and events cannot be held without oversight from the BC Athletic Commissioner. Given this framework is there a place for a Provincial Sport Organization to help foster and grow AMMA? The BC Athletic Commissioner thinks so. I reached out to Dave Maedel and here are his views on … More BC Athletic Commissioner Supports Formation of Amateur MMA Provincial Sporting Organization
Since their creation earlier this year the BC Athletic Commission has been one of the busiest in the Country overseeing a host of amateur and professional combat sports events with perhaps the most high profile being the recent World Series of Fighting event this past weekend in Vancouver. With all of these events how many … More BC Athletic Commission Still Without TUE Policy; WADA Standards Likely Default
Whether professional kickboxing and Muay Thai events can legally be sanctioned in Canada is debatable due to the present wording of Section 83 of the Criminal Code. As previously discussed, British Columbia has taken a very restrictive interpretation of section 83 and deem these sports illegal in the Province. I reached out to BC’s … More Why Pro Kickboxing / Muay Thai are Illegal in BC and What Can Be Done About It
When it comes to “Professional” combat sports, Section 83 of the Criminal Code makes them all illegal except a “boxing contest or mixed martial arts contest held in a province with the permission or under the authority of an athletic board, commission or similar body established by or under the authority of the province’s legislature … More Professional Muay Thai and Kickboxing Will Remain Illegal in BC
The live stream of the BC Government’s presentation addressing combat sports in the Province has now been uploaded. You can watch here:
Given the new changes in BC’s combat sports landscape the Province is hosting “an online technical briefing for all amateur combat sport groups to help interpret and apply these new regulations to their programming.” This QandA session will be live streamed on Wednesday September 25, 2013 from 11:00 – 12:00. … More BC To Host Combat Sports Events Briefing
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