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Originally Posted by Bagor
So, the question remains. How and why do MMA events get passed here where there is a very real risk of being seriously injured?
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mixe...vote-1.1313823
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Members of Parliament have passed with overwhelming support a Senate bill that will change the Criminal Code to make mixed martial arts and other combative sports legal in a final vote of 267–9.
The changes will update the definition of a prize fight, which until now was defined as an encounter or fight with fists or hands, meaning that not only was MMA outside the law, but so were Olympic sports such as judo and taekwondo.
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Changes section 83(2) of the Canadian Criminal Code, and allows provinces to regulate MMA fighting and make it legal if the province deems fit.
Can read the law on this link:
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/a...6/page-28.html