MMA Regulations Considered

A Michigan House committee has approved a pair of bills regulating amateur Mixed Martial Arts events in the state.

Right now pro MMA fights are regulated in Michigan but amateur events are not.

The two bills, which are now heading to the House floor, would add a series of rules and mandatory testing guidelines along with penalties for not following them.

If the bills become law fighters would have to submit to a test for performance enhancing drugs, female fighters would have to prove they aren’t pregnant and it would be a felony for a promoter to knowingly pit a pro fighter against an amateur.