Multiple states will not adopt full changes to MMA Unified Rules

[nuraknu]

"The integrity of the Unified Rules of MMA will be compromised at the start of the new year.

"A number of state athletic commissions will not adopt changes to the rules voted on over the summer by the Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports (ABC), MMA Fighting has learned. Some other commissions will vote on the new rules, but not until after the scheduled enactment date of Jan. 1, and there is no guarantee they will be passed.

"The result is a first in the short history of mixed martial arts: the potential for different jurisdictions having different in-cage rules.

"New Jersey, Ohio, Missouri, Colorado, Virginia, Maryland and South Dakota are among the states that will not adopt the new rules in full, per data collected by the ABC obtained by MMA Fighting. Texas will not vote on the rules until March. Nevada will “possibly” vote on the rules changes in January, according to executive director Bob Bennett...."

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[nuraknu]

I have mixed feelings about this. When they put it this way, it's hard to argue politically:

'Lembo said he has yet to get anything in writing from anyone from the Association of Ringside Physicians (ARP) or ABC medical committee supporting the changes and New Jersey doctors are not in favor of them.

“You have every other sport becoming more conservative about strikes to the head,” Lembo said. “Instead, we’re going the other way.”'