 Re: Association of Boxing Commissions Professional and Amateur MMA Rules Committee August 18, 2008 :: The deadline to submit your comments to the committee is FAST
APPROACHING. Only one month is left to submit your comments for
consideration by the Committee. The deadline to submit comments for
consideration is September 17, 2008.
Items that will be discussed by the ABC Committee and sub-committees
include, but are not limited to, smothering, standing foot stomps, knees
to the head, striking to the back of the head, weight classes, downward
pointed elbows and amateurs.
We are interested in any comments from any promoters, matchmakers,
managers, seconds, trainers, fighters, officials, media, fans or other
interested parties.
All comments will be passed on to the Committee for their consideration.
Please feel free to submit your comments in writing by September 17, 2008 to:
Nicholas Lembo
State Athletic Control Board
Hughes Justice Complex
PO Box 180
Trenton, NJ 08625
The Association of Boxing Commissions, through its President, Tim
Lueckenhoff, has formed a nine member committee to conduct a thorough
study of the current rule set for professional mixed martial arts to
determine what, if any, justification may exist for amendment to the
Uniform Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. This committee will also recommend
rules for amateur mixed martial arts.
The intent of the ABC and President Lueckenhoff is to find uniformity
and unification so that the rules of MMA are the same in each
jurisdiction in which this growing sport is authorized.
President Lueckenhoff has announced a committee of:
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Chairman Nick Lembo, New Jersey
Jim Erickson, North Dakota
Andy Foster, Georgia
Dale Kilparchuk, River Cree
Keith Kizer, Nevada
Armando Garcia, California
Josef Mason, Colorado
Mike Mazzulli, Mohegan Sun
Bernie Profato, Ohio
The Committee members are strongly encouraged to receive input from
their own licensed judges, referees and physicians.
I believe that it is crucial to get input from the fighters. The fighter
sub-committee can assist us in our decisions and findings.Therefore, I
am announcing a fighter committee consisting of:
Ricardo Almeida
Renzo Gracie
Steven Haigh
Jeremy Horn
Matt Hughes
Tara LaRosa
Pat Miletich
BJ Penn
I am also announcing an industry sub-committee consisting of:
Monte Cox
John McCarthy
Lou Neglia
JD Penn
Joe Silva
Marc Ratner
Jared Shaw
The medical sub-committee will be Chaired by Dr. Sherry Wulkan who will
be asked to receive input from other Committee state physicians and Drs.
Mark Belafsky and Michael Kelly of NJ. Dr. Stephen Shogun of Colorado
and Dr. Johnny Benjamin of Florida have already kindly agreed to
participate.
Several members of the mixed martial media arts media have already been
contacted, or will be contacted via this e-mail, and have been
encouraged to provide me with their thoughts and comments to present to
me to share with the Committee. Over 300 others in the industry have
been directly contacted and asked to submit comments. All committee
Commission members have been freely encouraged to get whomever they wish
involved in the process.
Many thanks to these groups for agreeing to assist us.
Upon receipt of the comments, the Committee will then see what we can
separate into areas of total agreement, majority agreement, and locate
areas of concern or strong differing opinions and attempt to form
resolutions.
Thank you for your participation and cooperation in this important task.
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