{"id":172619,"date":"2015-10-22T10:46:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T17:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=172619"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:39:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:39:33","slug":"bill-regulating-michigan-mma-could-go-to-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bill-regulating-michigan-mma-could-go-to-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill regulating Michigan MMA could go to Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although MMA is regulated throughout the majority of the United States, in 13 states it isn&#8217;t.  Michigan is one of those states, however a new bill that would regulate MMA has been approved and could make it to Michigan Governor Rick Snyder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedmartialarts.com\/news\/454790\/Bill-regulating-MI-MMA-could-soon-go-to-Gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA.tv<\/a> broke the story, which stated that the bill calls for several things:<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Increased promoter and event licensing fees for boxing and MMA events.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;At least one inspector to be on site during events&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Contestants have to compete in appropriate weight classes&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Fighters in Michigan currently are not required to undergo pre-fight medical screenings for injuries or diseases.  In addition, minors are not banned from competing, ringside doctors are not required, and fighters can compete in multiple fights in one night similar to the early days of the UFC. While some promoters do have medical personnel on site during fight nights, many don&#8217;t bother to take proper steps to ensure fighter safety.<\/p>\n<p>Links to the two bills are below!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislature.mi.gov\/(S(q2ljhx4ukpqfvwn25gypb4hf))\/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&#038;objectName=2015-SB-0152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Bill 0152<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislature.mi.gov\/(S(pxcmahyhiniymrkgrzl1bsfb))\/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&#038;objectName=2015-HB-4286\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Bill 4286<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although MMA is regulated throughout the majority of the United States, in 13 states it isn&#8217;t. Michigan is one of those states, however a new bill that would regulate MMA has been approved and could make it to Michigan Governor Rick Snyder. MMA.tv broke the story, which stated that the bill calls for several things: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":164234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10086],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bill regulating Michigan MMA could go to Government | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bill-regulating-michigan-mma-could-go-to-government\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bill regulating Michigan MMA could go to Government | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Although MMA is regulated throughout the majority of the United States, in 13 states it isn&#8217;t. 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