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- Soccer Referee Union Ruling Has Valuable Lessons for UFC Fighters Considering Organizing
A recent decision of interest was published earlier this month by the US National Labor Relations Board. It involved soccer referees but has valuable lessons for UFC fighters as well. In the recent case the Professional Soccer Referees Association petitioned to represent certain lower league officia … Read more »
- Paper Calls Out “Consensus” Statements on Concussion in Sport as Being Biased and Lacking Candour
Little argument can be had that combat sports and collision sports bring risk to participants. Leaving aside short term acute injury the most sinister of which is long term brain health harm from concussions, post concussive symptoms and CTE. One theme readers of this site will be familiar with is i … Read more »
- Colorado Approves Open Scoring in Combat Sports
In recent years the Kansas Athletic Commission took the lead and approved open scoring in combat sports. Following this they compiled data dispelling many myths raised by opponents of the transparent system. Today the Colorado Office of Combative Sports passed a policy proposal bringing open scoring … Read more »
- Bare Knuckle Boxing Has First Reported Death in the Sport’s Regulated Era
Update October 5, 2021 – Today the ABC Medical Committee released the below critical comments on the quality of regulation in BKB in the United States ABC MEDICAL COMMITTEE Statement Regarding BARE KNUCKLE BOXING DEATHUncasville, CT – Bare Knuckle Boxing (BKB) has been gaining in popularity across p … Read more »
- Another UFC Fighter Misses Weight Looking Ill on the Scales. Will Regulators Act?
In 2014 I started keeping a list of fighters that were injured (and even died) from rapid extreme weight cuts. In 2016 I stood up before the entire ABC convention in Las Vegas and read North American regulators the list so they cannot feign ignorance. Nothing has changed. In 2019 UFC fighter Aspen L … Read more »