The BC Athletic Commission overhauled their rules governing amateur kickboxing in late 2015 and has now published these revised rules at their website. One of the biggest changes involves cleaning up the language with respect judging criteria with the new rules setting out the below easy to understand standards which are far clearer than those under … More BC Athletic Commission Publishes New Kickboxing Rules
With Glory 20 scheduled to take place in Dubai on April 3, 2015, British Columbia’s very own Gabriel Varga is scheduled to compete for the promotion’s featherweight world title. Despite this accomplishment Varga cannot compete professionally in his own backyard and this situation does not appear likely to change anytime soon. You can click here … More No Pro Kickboxing in the Forseeable Future for British Columbia
Update August 13, 2014 – Voting on this bylaw is now scheduled for September 8 at 1:30 pm Update July 23, 2014 – Today the City of Vernon confirmed to me, via Twitter, that they have dropped the intended ban on amateur MMA with the proposed legislation only targeting professional Mixed Martial Arts … More City of Vernon Considers Limiting Ban on MMA to Professional Events
Update June 24, 2014 – the vote for the below bill has been postponed until July 14: __________________________________________________ Last month I discussed Vernon, BC’s, plans to ban Mixed Martial Arts from their City. The proposed law has now been drafted and is up for discussion and voting on June 23, … More Vernon, BC Law Proposing Ban on Professional and Amateur MMA Ready for Vote
(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
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
The live stream of the BC Government’s presentation addressing combat sports in the Province has now been uploaded. You can watch here:
Earlier this year the BC Athletic Commissioner provisionally adopted the ABC’s amateur MMA rules. The BC Commissioner has now published an official copy of these which are appropriately modified to reflect they are the official BC Rules. A copy can be found here BCAC_Amateur_MMA_Rules
Now that BC has a framework in place for both professional and amateur MMA what happens if an unlicensed event is held? What penalties can be imposed? There are different options depending on whether the event is amateur or professional. If an illegal amateur MMA event is hosted (ie – one that does not have … More The Many Consequences for Illegal MMA in BC
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