update July 22, 2021 – Today Colorado’s office of Combative sports replied to my open records request. They confirm that one championship policies have been approved in the state which undoubtedly clear the way for the promoter to hold an event with knees to a grounded opponent.
Below is the full reply of the commission’s executive director –
Mr. Magraken,
In action to your questions:
1. On June 25, 2021, the director of the Colorado Combative sports commission completed a policy review on the One championship Cageside rules.
Per commission policy 1.4, a director recognized Sanctioning organization is defined as “A nationally, internationally, regionally, state or tribal organization approved by the director that may rank participants within each weight class or sanctions and approves contests or bouts in those weight classes.”
After review, the director approved One championships request to become a director recognized Sanctioning organization under policy 1.4. However, the director figured out that one would need to file the proper permits with the commission before conducting any events.
2. The director approved the Cageside One championship global Ruleset.
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One Championship, an well established MMA promotion in Asia, has long been rumoured to be trying to break into the us market.
The promotion operates with a ruleset mainly familiar to North American MMA fans with several but one particularly significant policy difference. The promotion, which self regulates events in Asia, allows knees to the head of a grounded opponent. This is not allowed under MMA’s unified rules.
A barrier One championship needs to navigate in north america is to either adopt their promotion to the local ruleset (which can vary a bit from jurisdiction to jurisdiction) or to find a jurisdiction that is ok with their own special rules. enter Colorado.
While I am still waiting formal confirmation of this by means of an open records request, it is rumored that The Colorado office of Combative sports has recently cleared the way for One championship to promote bouts in the state using their own ruleset. how can this occur? just as policies vary from state to state and province to province so does the legal landscape at play designating what is and is not permitted,
In May, 2021 Colorado adopted a new set of Combative sports rules. For mixed martial arts these policies default to the ABC’s Unified Rules. however under section 1.4(H)(2) of these policies the commission enjoys the ability to designate a ‘recognized sanctioning organization‘ and allow that organization to carry out their own Camiseta SL Benfica special policies for combative sports events.
The full section reads as follows
Combative sports events, contests or bouts not sanctioned by an organization recognizedas a national Olympic committee by the international Olympic committee need to submitthe organization’s by-laws and policies for review by the Director. If approved by theDirector, the organization will be deemed a director approved Sanctioning Organizationand may apply for a permit. A director recognized Sanctioning organization does notmeet the definition of tough-person battling under section 12-110-104(16)(a), C.R.S. It isthe responsibility of the organization to notify the director of any changes to theorganization’s policies and re-submit them for the Director’s review 30 days prior to anypermitted event, contest or bout.
This section gives broad policy review powers to the commission and is flexible enough to approve something like One Championship’s desired ruleset. Colorado is one of the a lot more progressive jurisdictions that allows Muay Thai bouts to proceed with standard policies such as the 12-6 elbow which is prohibited Camiseta Racing Club de Avellaneda by lots of North American jurisdictions. allowing One championships policies would not be far off from such a precedent.
Although I cannot confirm this as of yet it does appear One championship is pertaining to Colorado and with the promotion will come their full ruleset as well. I will update this story as a lot more details come to light.
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