Mixed martial arts, has been growing exponentially, and with that growth came the unified rules. Not every athlete commission has adopted them, and that is a growing problem, in a growing sport.
Too many sanctioning bodies is a problem too. They all don’t hold the same standards, while some make taking the ABC Course and recertification a requirement, others don’t.
When sanctioning bodies and their officials do not adhere to the same requirements problems, such as inaccurate judging occur a lot.
All too often we watch a fight that goes to the judges and leaves the rest of us watching scratching our heads. Did they just watch the same fight we did?
Or worse when a referee makes a bad stoppage, too soon, or too late. Which it takes the fight out of the fighters hands, and that is the worst way to end a fight.
This could very well be a direct effect of the unified rules not being adopted by all the commissions. Going to a fight, and seeing a fighter get knocked out cold, and not taken to a hospital, is scary.
That shouldn’t be, amateur promotions send fighters to the ER for less.
This is so prevalent with multiple sanctioning bodies. It ’s the fighter, and their coaches job to know the organization, and sanctioning they use.
Do your due diligence, to know what rules are being applied and what sanctioning body will officiate your fight.
Know what states, or countries athletic commissions have, or have not adopted the unified rules.
Take the ABC Course, fighters, coaches, and officials already certified can and will benefit from it.
You’ll learn from the best officials you see in the Octagon at ZIFC, the ring at Bellator, and so on.
To learn from the best, Big John McCarthy, Big Dan Miragliotta, and other legends of officiating is one step in being the best.
Everyone’s fight journey is different, the rules need to be the same… Everywhere.
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