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How Not To Draft a Drug Testing Policy in Combat Sports

July 20, 2014

Although Performance Enhancing Drug testing has much room for improvement in the world of Combat Sports one thing is clear, the current landscape with more frequent testing including occasional out of competition testing is far improved from from the sport’s earlier years. Yesterday, Mixed Martial Arts legend Enson Inoue provided a glimpse into the history of … More How Not To Draft a Drug Testing Policy in Combat Sports

More Rapid Extreme Weight Loss Dangers Documented in MMA

July 16, 2014

As previously discussed, rapid extreme weight cut practices are a largely unregulated part of combat sports.  These practices come with inherent dangers.  To date, State and Provincial Athletic Commissions  have been largely content to turn a blind eye to this problem with few regulated thresholds addressing these practices. Recently TopMMANews documented two further examples of … More More Rapid Extreme Weight Loss Dangers Documented in MMA

Illegal MMA Event Ends in Conditional Discharge, Lawsuit Against Government Dropped

June 24, 2014

The Prestige Fight Club found themselves entangled in Canada’s criminal justice system after hosting an unsanctioned MMA event last year in Saskatchewan. Following the event Criminal Charges were laid against two individuals involved for hosting an illegal prizefight contrary to section 83 of Canada’s Criminal Code.  In response the individuals charged sued the Government of Saskatchewan … More Illegal MMA Event Ends in Conditional Discharge, Lawsuit Against Government Dropped

Vernon, BC Law Proposing Ban on Professional and Amateur MMA Ready for Vote

June 23, 2014

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

UFC Piracy Lawsuit Seeks Significant Damages; Falls Short of the Mark

June 23, 2014

In my ongoing efforts to highlight legal action taken against those accused of unlawfully accessing MMA Pay Per View products, reasons for judgement were released last week by the United States District Court, N.D. New York, assessing damages for the unlawful display of a UFC PPV Event by a commercial establishment. In last week’s case (Joe … More UFC Piracy Lawsuit Seeks Significant Damages; Falls Short of the Mark

BC Athletic Commission Releases Interim Amateur Kickboxing Rules

June 18, 2014

      The BC Athletic Commission was provided with regulatory powers to oversee amateur kickboxing events via Order in Council 2013-342.  The Office now has a set of interim rules for this sport which have been provided to me.  These can be accessed here: BCAC Interim Amateur Kickboxing Rules I understand these will be modified … More BC Athletic Commission Releases Interim Amateur Kickboxing Rules

Zuffa is not an “Indispensable Party” To UFC Copyright Lawsuit

June 17, 2014

Reasons for judgement were released this week by the US District Court, S.D. California, discussing if Zuffa was a necessary party to copyright litigation brought by their commercial distributor.  In short the answer was no. In this week’s case (Joe Hand Promotions v. Bragg) the Defendants operated Henry’s Doghouse Bar and Grill in San Diego. … More Zuffa is not an “Indispensable Party” To UFC Copyright Lawsuit

New Mexico Athletic Commission’s Test for Overturning the Pearson/Sanchez Decision

June 10, 2014

            __________________________________ Following his recent controversial split decision loss to Diego Sanchez at UFC Fight Night, Ross Pearson is appealing the result to New Mexico’s Athletic Commission. Despite popular opinion that the decision was simply wrong, the reality is that the NMAC is unlikely to overturn the result even if … More New Mexico Athletic Commission’s Test for Overturning the Pearson/Sanchez Decision