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Al Turk to appeal loss, major test of legitimacy for Zuffa's commissions

Fighter's Only is reporting that Mustapha Al Turk is appealing his loss to Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic. During the fight it appeared that Al Turk was poked in the eye, whether it was intentional or...

Mainstream Journalism on MMA At Its Finest

Alan Campbell, writer for The Vancouver Sun, has one the most spectacularly moronic articles involving MMA that I've seen in some time. In fact, if I ever ran into Campbell or the primate editor who a...

ABC tries their hand at MMA rules

The Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC) just released their new ‘unified’ rules for mixed martial arts. While clearly clarifying some rules, such as what constitutes the ‘back of...

Association of Boxing Commissions wants you!

The last attempt the ABC made into updating the unified rules of MMA didn't go over to well. Most people were pissed about new weight classes and the secretive nature of the decision making. Well here...

Association of Boxing Commissions to Conduct MMA Do-Over

From a press release in my inbox: The Association of Boxing Commissions has announced that the document entitled “Proposed Amendments for the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts,” en...

New Unified Rules Passed

From Sherdog: A revised edition of the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts was passed Thursday by the Association of Boxing Commissions via a majority vote at the ABC's annual conference. The amen...