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  2. Mixed martial arts rules - Wikipedia

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    The rules adopted by the NJSACB have become the de facto standard set of rules for professional MMA across North America. All state, provincial, & municipal athletic commissions that regulate MMA have assimilated these rules into their existing unarmed combat competition rules and statutes. For a promotion to hold MMA events in a sanctioned ...

  3. Mixed martial arts weight classes - Wikipedia

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    California officially sanctioned MMA on December 28, 2005, using the ruleset it helped devise five years previously. [2] Since then, to create uniformity, all state commissions in the United States that regulate mixed martial arts have assimilated these rules into their existing unarmed combat competition rules and statutes. For a promotion to ...

  4. Mixed martial arts - Wikipedia

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    The rules adopted by the NJSACB have become the de facto standard set of rules for professional mixed martial arts across North America. On July 30, 2009, a motion was made at the annual meeting of the Association of Boxing Commissions to adopt these rules as the "Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts". The motion passed unanimously.

  5. Momentum is gaining to change confusing, difficult grounded ...

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    The current version of the unified rules, as found on the Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC) website, defines a grounded fighter as having “any part of the body, other (than) sole of the ...

  6. Mixed martial arts in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This would be the basis of Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. [23] [24] West Virginia became the 44th state to regulate mixed martial arts on March 24, 2011. [25] On March 8, 2012, Wyoming became the 45th state to regulate MMA. [26] On May 4, 2012, it was announced that Vermont had become the 46th state to regulate MMA.

  7. 12–6 elbow - Wikipedia

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    The ABC, despite endorsing the Unified Rules, does not have statutory authority over the individual state athletic commissions in the United States but instead governs through influence. As a result, in some states such as Mississippi, 12–6 elbows are permitted in MMA fights. As a result, a commission was set up by ABC to look at the regional ...

  8. How the unified rules failed Aljamain Sterling at UFC 259 ...

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  9. Ultimate Fighting Championship - Wikipedia

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    California was set to become the first state in the U.S. to sign off on a set of codified rules that governed MMA. [51] Soon after, New Jersey adopted the language. [51] As the UFC continued to work with the athletic commissions, events took place in smaller U.S. markets, and venues, such as the Lake Charles Civic Center. The markets included ...