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Article: Senator fights for mixed martial arts ; Timilty, a Canton native, says regulating the sport in Mass. makes sense
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- May 20, 2008
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AMENDMENT PROPOSED
BOSTON - A legislative push is on to regulate the sport of mixed
martial arts in Massachusetts.
State Sen. James Timilty, D-Walpole, a Canton native, is pushing
an amendment in the Senate budget plan that would add oversight of
the sport to the duties of the state Executive Office of Public
Safety.
Passage of the amendment would clear the way for the increasingly
popular Ultimate Fighting Championship, the leading organization in
the sport, to present a fight card in Massachusetts for the first
time.
The amendment would create a state athletic commission that would
be responsible for licensing fighters, judges and referees. The
proposal includes provisions that would ...
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