Combat Sports Law

In an announcement I am very proud to make our charitable organization Fighting Foundation along side the Association of Ringside Physicians have teamed up to create medically sound, easy to understand and vitally important posters for the combat sports community educating the public about Concussion and CTE. These are free for anyone to use. Tailored … More Fighting Foundation and Ringside Doctors Team Up to Create Concussion and CTE Posters For Gyms!

Update – I made a formal public record’s request to Nevada and obtained a copy of the official slap fighting rules the commission approved. Here they are in full OFFICIAL RULES OF POWER SLAPA. PromoterSchiaffo LLC (the “Promoter”).B. Matches & ParticipantsPower Slap matches (each a “Match”) consist of two unarmed combatants. Each combatant participates as … More Nevada Approves Official “Slap Fighting” Ruleset; Asks Promoter to Make Sure “No One Dies”

Fighting is dangerous. In many ways obviously so. In some ways the dangers are hidden. CTE is one of the hidden dangers which can creep up quietly many years after the damage is done. Repeated hits rattling the brain give rise to the disease. Both the CDC and the NIH have finally made this admission. … More Thank You Fight Circus! First Promotion To Promote CTE Brain Health Education

I am proud to announce that British Columbia has just become the first Canadian jurisdiction to adopt Fighting Foundation’s fighter brain health knowledge basics video. The “white belt” video. We presented this video at the 2022 Association of Ringside Physicians annual conference in Las Vegas last week. We are now approaching as many athletic commissions … More BC Athletic Commission Adopts Fighting Foundation’s “White Belt” Brain Health Knowledge Video!

Among the items for vote on this week’s agenda for the South Carolina State Athletic Commission were bare knuckle boxing and open scoring. Bare Knuckle promoter BKFC have confirmed via their twitter account that the commission voted to approve the sport. I also have been advised that the vote on open scoring passed.

Update October 26, 2022 – Anderson Silva provided a prepared statement stating he ‘misspoke’ about being knocked out with the following  “One, I was NEVER knocked out in sparring. I misspoke in that interview as I sometimes do when interviewing in English and exaggerated the normal back-and-forth action that occurs in sparring. “Second, this sparring … More Anderson Silva Claims Knocked Out Twice in Training. If True Bout Should Be Called Off