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Old 10-27-2014, 10:03 PM   #266
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Originally Posted by Bagor View Post
So, the question remains. How and why do MMA events get passed here where there is a very real risk of being seriously injured?
That's not a bad question. I'm not at all an expert in criminal law, but I would say that most MMA fights don't end in what the law would necessarily call "bodily harm"--those that do might not get reported or investigated.

If an MMA fighter were killed in the ring in Canada, there might be a risk of a manslaughter charge in my view, and if that happened we would likely find that consent was no defence.

EDIT: I stand corrected--see below.

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