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The Legality of MMA in Yellowknife and the Canadian Territories

August 23, 2013

The City of Yellowknife has a long history of hosting and regulating combat sport events including Mixed Martial Arts. Despite this history, can the City legally regulate MMA events given the newly amended section 83 of the Criminal Code? As previously discussed, section 83 makes professional MMA illegal by default in all of Canada unless the … More The Legality of MMA in Yellowknife and the Canadian Territories

The Laws of “Mixed Boxing” AKA Professional Mixed Martial Arts in Quebec

August 22, 2013

In my ongoing efforts canvassing some of the legal oddities across Canada with respect to MMA regulation today I turn my attention to Quebec. Quebec has a long history of hosting combat sports events but a peek into their legal framework reveals that the sport of MMA is not actually legal but instead the sport … More The Laws of “Mixed Boxing” AKA Professional Mixed Martial Arts in Quebec

The Many Consequences for Illegal MMA in BC

August 19, 2013

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

Welcome UFC Central Radio Listeners

August 16, 2013

Yesterday I had the pleasure of being a guest on UFC Central Radio with Showdown Joe Ferraro. For those of you visiting this site for the first time welcome! If you missed the interview you can listen to it here, my segment starts at the 17:00 mark. A quick shout out to Joe for having … More Welcome UFC Central Radio Listeners

BC Sets the Canadian Standard For Legal Pro/Am MMA Events

August 13, 2013

Professional and amateur MMA can now be legally hosted in Canada so long as appropriate local laws are passed. To this end other Canadian jurisdictions can take a page from British Columbia when it comes to regulating combat sports in the post Bill S-209 world. BC now has the clearest Province wide legal framework for … More BC Sets the Canadian Standard For Legal Pro/Am MMA Events

BC Athletic Commission Sets Rules For Amateur Muay Thai; Kickboxing Rules Still in Progress

August 12, 2013

(Image via Wikimedia) The BC Athletic Commissioner has now set out the rules for Amateur Muay Thai contests in British Columbia. Further to the powers given to the Commissioner via section 2(2) of Order in Council 2013-342, the Commissioner has adopted, on a provisional basis, the Association of Boxing Commissions Unified Rules and Guidelines for … More BC Athletic Commission Sets Rules For Amateur Muay Thai; Kickboxing Rules Still in Progress

Crimes of Moral Turpitude and Combat Sports in Massachusetts

August 8, 2013

Oh the multi-jurisdictional legal joys that the UFC gets to struggle with! Not only did the UFC run into issues with Massachusetts requiring foreign combatants to have Social Security Numbers for their upcoming show in Boston, the latest issue that has cropped up involves licencing combatants who have been convicted or charged with certain criminal … More Crimes of Moral Turpitude and Combat Sports in Massachusetts

BC Provisionally Adopts ABC’s Rules For Amateur MMA

August 3, 2013

Yesterday it was announced that BC has legalized amateur MMA in addition to a host of other amateur combat sports. As the legality of combat sports vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction in Canada there is, at this stage, no set of unified rules in place for the sport. I have been in touch with … More BC Provisionally Adopts ABC’s Rules For Amateur MMA

The MFC Does An About Face On Reason Behind No Women Allowed Policy

August 1, 2013

Earlier this year I dissected some comments made by Mark Pavelich who proclaimed that he “is never going to put female MMA in my organization.” The outspoken CEO of Canada’s longest running MMA promotion, the MFC, justified his stance on the basis that “I just don’t like to see females hitting each other.” Interestingly enough, Mark … More The MFC Does An About Face On Reason Behind No Women Allowed Policy

Saskatchewan To Legalize Amateur MMA and Other Combat Sports?

July 30, 2013

Update August 14, 2013 – the plans discussed below have gone through and will apparently also include pro MMA. You can click here for details ______________________________________________________________________ As previously discussed, Canadian federal law designates amateur combat sports ”in the programme of the International Olympic Committee” legal by default. These include Boxing, Wrestling, Judo and Tae Kwon Do. … More Saskatchewan To Legalize Amateur MMA and Other Combat Sports?