BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » Association Of Boxing Commissions https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 02:58:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 ABC to recommend new MMA language for downed fighters https://www.badmma.com/abc-to-recommend-new-mma-language-for-downed-fighters.html https://www.badmma.com/abc-to-recommend-new-mma-language-for-downed-fighters.html#comments Mon, 29 Jul 2013 20:05:00 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/abc-to-recommend-new-mma-language-for-downed-fighters.html The concept of what constitutes a downed fighter could change following this week’s meeting of the Association of Boxing Commissions, which oversees MMA’s regulatory bodies. Commission representatives Nick Lembo (New Jersey), Bernie Profato (Ohio) and Keith Kizer (Nevada), who represent some of MMA’s busiest and most prominent regulatory bodies, will present their plan at Wednesday’s ABC meeting in San Antonio. Lembo will argue their case, in which the regulators want referees to instruct fighters that placing a finger tip on the canvas won’t necessarily make them a downed fighter. In recent years, many standing fighters have taken advantage of the current language used in the Unified Rules of MMA. That helps them avoid knees or kicks to the head, or possibly put their opponent in danger of a warning or point deduction.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/abc-to-recommend-new-mma-language-for-downed-fighters.html/feed 0 USA TODAY: Commissioners express support for less-stringent marijuana testing https://www.badmma.com/usa-today-commissioners-express-support-for-less-stringent-marijuana-testing.html https://www.badmma.com/usa-today-commissioners-express-support-for-less-stringent-marijuana-testing.html#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:30:00 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/usa-today-commissioners-express-support-for-less-stringent-marijuana-testing.html (This story appeared in today’s edition of USA TODAY .) A meeting of state athletic commissions next month could determine whether combat sports regulators adopt the World Anti- Doping Agency’s more relaxed rules regarding testing for marijuana. That, in turn, could be good news for some MMA fighters. The Association of Boxing Commissions’ medical committee will then make a recommendation on whether to follow WADA’s marijuana threshold, which was raised from 15 nanograms per milliliter to 150 ng/ mL in an athlete’s urine. Several commissioners have indicated their support for the change, which could reduce the number of fighters who are suspended and fined for pot. At least seven UFC fighters have tested positive for marijuana since 2012. The conference takes place in late July in San Antonio. “I leave medical decisions to medical personnel,” Nick Lembo, chairman of the ABC’s MMA rules committee and also a chief regulator in New Jersey’s athletic commission, told USA TODAY Sports and MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com)

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