The Dis-Unified Guidelines of “Grounded” Fighters Plus Knee Strike Information – Fight Sports activities Legislation

A number of years again I wrote about how dis-unified the unified guidelines of MMA are in observe.  In brief they’re very scattered and inconsistent throughout jurisdictions.

This week I obtained knowledge through an open information request breaking this disparity down particularly for the definition of grounded opponents.

Utilizing the revealed guidelines throughout US State commissions the director of Colorado’s Combative Sports activities Commissions in contrast the language in use from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.  In brief there may be disparity from what it means to be grounded.  From needing 3 factors of contact, to having a hand weight bearing, to a flat palm or fist, needing 2 fingers or palms to having no definition in any way.

The under chart illustrates the extent of disparity.

Under is the State by State breakdown from publicly posted guidelines:

One other attention-grabbing bit of knowledge that Colorado compiled was knowledge about knees to the top of grounded fighters.  That is related as a result of the State lately oversaw an occasion promoted by ONE Championship whose ‘world’ guidelines enable these strikes.  Colorado’s Director reviewed 1,551 bouts beneath the ruleset and famous the striked is used within the ending sequence of just one.4% of bouts the place it’s allowed.   It’s fairly distributed amongst weight lessons however used extra generally among the many decrease weight lessons and the lease by heavyweights.

Under is the information: