Team Combat League is a relatively new venture where boxers compete in teams. The teams face each other with boxers fighting in one round bouts. Some are scheduled to have more than one such bout...
The latest study shedding light on CTE causation was published this week in the Journal of Neurotrauma. In short the study suggests CTE is caused by repeted brain rattling activities and not indi...
Update April 16, 2024 – Texas has already given Powerslap a promoters licence. Even though slap fighting is not yet approved. I reached out to the TDLR who provided the following explanation on...
https://combatsportslaw.com/2024/04/15/texas-proposes-to-approve-slap-fighting/
Concussion and CTE are serious occupational risks of combat sports. Despite these risks many have a false sense of belief in the ‘protection’ offered by gloves and headgear. According to the ...
In Canada the Criminal Code makes all ‘prize fights’ (a broadly defined term that can even capture light contact and grappling events) illegal by default except amateur combat sports that are...
https://combatsportslaw.com/2024/04/08/bc-overhauls-combat-sports-regulation/
There is room for improvement when it comes to appeal rights in combat sports. In most jurisdictions fighters can only successfully appeal a bout result if they could prove there was collusion (i...
https://combatsportslaw.com/2024/04/05/colorado-looking-at-expanded-fighter-appeal-rights/
Litigation has probably been the best tool to shed light on contract terms of various MMA promotions. Recently a PFL contract made its way into the public sphere as a result of this (HT to Elthon...
https://combatsportslaw.com/2024/03/25/shedding-light-on-pfl-contract-terms/
Presently CTE can only be diagnosed after death. But there are criteria for diagnosing suspected CTE in the living which is useful for research and other purposes. It is called Traumatic Encephal...
In a court filing this week in the UFC antitrust lawsuit it was revealed that not a single eligible fighter asked to be removed from the lawsuit. By way of context several fighters started a prop...
Yesterday the ABC’s MMA Rules Committee met and voted to address two controversial aspects of the Unified Rules of MMA. The 12-6 elbow foul and the definition of grounded fighter. The straight ...