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Sendur
13-02-2009, 15:18
UFC 97: Redemption (http://www.mmauniverse.com/events/SS10903), which is slated to take place on April 18th at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada, could be forced to change locations due to possible MMA rules changes in the province following last weekend’s disastrous debut of Strikebox.

Sportsnet.ca (http://sportsnet.ca/) has details on the changes being considered by the Quebec Athletic Commission:

Sources close to the [event] say these could include a requirement for a much smaller cage than the UFC’s patented Octagon, prohibiting elbow and knee strikes and requiring that the referee halt a bout should a fighter get knocked down from a strike in order to ensure the downed fighter is okay to continue.

Representatives from the commission told Sportsnet.ca (http://sportsnet.ca/) the UFC will have to follow the rules set forth by the commission if they wish to hold their show in Montreal. Marc Ratner, the UFC’s vice president of government and regulatory affairs, is fully aware of the new situation and is hopeful that ongoing discussions with the commission will prove that this will not jeopardize the UFC’s return to the province.

Strikebox, which was promoted as MMA without ground fighting, failed to have their rules approved by the athletic commission and had to hold their debut event using traditional MMA rules, with fighters agreeing to an alternate set of rules similar to those that the commission rejected. The event went as expected until headliner James Thompson (http://www.mmauniverse.com/fighters/SS2683), prominently seen last year losing to Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson (http://www.mmauniverse.com/fighters/SS27432), took former hockey enforcer and popular local fighter Steve Bosse (http://www.mmauniverse.com/fighters/SS25791) to the ground and unleashed punches, which resulted in the crowd showering the cage with beer cans to show their displeasure.

The UFC made it’s Canadian debut last April at the Bell Centre with UFC 83: Serra vs St Pierre 2 (http://www.mmauniverse.com/events/SS8366), which featured Georges St Pierre (http://www.mmauniverse.com/fighters/SS1783) reclaiming the welterweight title in a rematch with Matt Serra (http://www.mmauniverse.com/fighters/SS1831).



Bron: mmauniverse.com

Mule-Kick
13-02-2009, 15:24
UFC gaat no way de regels aanpassen, en als de canadezen het daar niet mee eens zijn zal het evenement verplaatst of gecancelled worden lijkt me.

dirk5
13-02-2009, 15:30
Too bad for Canada, Good for Europe :D

Sendur
13-02-2009, 15:36
Too bad for Canada, Good for Europe :D

Idd, wat wat is nou een UFC zonder de echte regels?

Niks LOL


Pech voor Canada.

anonymous001
13-02-2009, 15:48
Waarom een kleinere kooi? Dat leidt toch juist tot meer bloed?

dirk5
13-02-2009, 15:50
Waarom een kleinere kooi? Dat leidt toch juist tot meer bloed?

Omdat ze dan minder kans hebben om hun beker bier IN de octagon te gooien :D (zie filmpje)


YouTube - James Thompson vs Steve Bosse (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L3QdIRdj0Q&eurl=http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f61/thompson-vs-bosse-video-922644/)

sikkwitttet
13-02-2009, 16:11
damn, wat een kut actie van publiek

HUNTER
13-02-2009, 16:12
doet me weer aan Blame Canada van South Park denken..... stupid Canadians

chief108
13-02-2009, 16:25
http://pragmaticallypolitical.blogivists.com/files/2008/07/south-park-blame-canada.jpg

Biiyen
13-02-2009, 20:48
De politieke bobo's van Montreal Quebec hebben besloten dat de UFC de regels moet aanpassen. Ze hebben ontdekt dat ellebogen en knieeen niet zijn toegestaan en dat het vanaf nu verboden is.

Er mag alleen worden gevochten onder Kickboxing en Mixed Boxing rules :lol:

Ik denk dus Dana volgende week aankondigd dat UFC97 in Vegas wordt gehouden....


Rules Shift Jeopardizes UFC 97 in Montreal

The UFC’s second trip to Montreal is in jeopardy following a decision by the Quebec Boxing Commission this week to adhere to regulations that prohibit elbow and knee strikes and other standard MMA moves.

Sportsnet.ca was the first to report on the story on Thursday.

Nearly 13,000 tickets have been sold for UFC 97 “Redemption,” scheduled to take place at the Bell Centre in Montreal on April 18, according to Marc Ratner, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for the UFC. The show, which pits middleweight champion Anderson Silva (http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Anderson-Silva-1356) against jiu-jitsu ace Thales Leites (http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Thales-Leites-8593), may face tough choices in the coming days though.

The UFC broke attendance and box office records with its first event on Canadian soil 10 months ago, though that show was regulated under rules more akin to the unified rules of combat recognized throughout North America.

From 2000-2008, the Universal Combat Challenge, later renamed TKO, held 44 of its 46 events in Quebec under similar regulations as well.

But now Québécois officials are saying the province does not have the latitude to allow those or any other set of regulations outside of the ones they already have in place.

“We had a tolerance for the application of the rules in the past,” Réjean Thériault, director of communications for the combat sports division of the Governing Body of Alcohol, Races and Games of Quebec (RACJ), which oversees the commission, told Shedog.com on Thursday. “We learned today that we had a place for tolerance and we didn’t know. Now we know the rules under which to live. We informed all the promoters last week that they must now respect the rules of Quebec.”

hose rules regulate boxing, kickboxing and “mixed boxing,” which is described as a combination of boxing, kickboxing, wrestling and jiu-jitsu. Along with the prohibition of elbow and knee strikes both standing and grounded, the regulations also state that a referee will utilize a standing count to check on a fighter that has been knocked down.

The Octagon might also face downsizing to comply with the requirements, said Thériault.

Ratner, who has been in close contact with both the RACJ and commission in the last few days, said he believes the genesis for the sudden turn-around came from the near-riot that occurred last Friday at a Strikebox/Titans Fighting event in Montreal.

That event, promoted by former TKO president Stephan Patry, aimed to utilize MMA striking rules, but negated the ground aspect of the sport. However, the commission advised Patry that the proposed rule changes would not be allowed, and that the show would follow MMA regulations instead.

A private agreement amongst a majority of the fighters to keep the bouts standing was followed until the main event, when British brawler James Thompson (http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/James-Thompson-6721) took down Steve Bosse (http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Steve-Bosse-22732) and began to ground-and-pound the Canadian hockey enforcer. The crowd of nearly 1,200 spectators erupted in disapproval, throwing chairs and beer cans. The commission called the contest, while the fighters had to be escorted out of the cage by security.

Though Thériault acknowledges that the Strikebox/Titans fiasco played a role in what appears to be a sudden adherence to the rules on hand, he said the decision has already been in the works for some time.

“[The Strikebox scenario] was an important part of getting us to this point, but Richard Renaud [Director of the Division of Combat Sports in the RACJ], who is replacing Mario LaTraverse, has been working with the President of the RACJ, Denis Racicot to change the sport, and noted that we had tolerated the [past] rules,” Thériault said.

Ratner believes LaTraverse’s retirement from the commission has also played a role in the recent events, but sees a positive outcome on the horizon.

“We're aware of the situation and working with [the RACJ and the Quebec Boxing Commission] to resolve the situation,” Ratner told Sherdog.com on Thursday. “I'm confident that this will all work out.”

While Ratner said discussions regarding the rules would continue into next week, Thériault emphasized that the RACJ was neither making any drastic changes nor trying to run the UFC out of town.

“We’re not following any new rules,” he said. “We’re following the rules that are in place.”

Loretta Hunt contributed to this report.

Jeru
13-02-2009, 20:49
Niet lang over nadenken. Boycot Canada ;)

ICON
14-02-2009, 13:34
mooie plek voor een rematch van wim en tommy ;)

Angelco
14-02-2009, 13:42
verplaatsen naar Vegas die handel!

MilfhunterMMA
14-02-2009, 13:49
achterlijke bureaucraten... bah

PD_EC
14-02-2009, 13:58
ufc is ufc klaar en die moet niet zijn regels aanpassen in canada
verhuizen naar vegas

ZakKa!
14-02-2009, 15:16
ufc amsterdam arena! kom op :p

YoMarK
14-02-2009, 15:57
ufc amsterdam arena! kom op :p

Ja, waar het volgens mij eens legaal is om in een kooi te vechten.