The city is being asked to regulate and stage mixed martial arts until the province creates a governing body and the Attorney-General isn’t objecting.
That word delivered to Common Council along with the estimate that a large mixed martial arts card at the L-B-R generate as much as 300 thousand dollars in spending.
The overall rate of critical injuries is said to be low with mixed martial arts and there are fewer knockouts than in boxing.
The city would rename the Saint John Boxing Commission, the Mixed Martial Arts Commission to oversee the matches that are staged locally. The city would still like to see provincial regulation and will be hearing back from its Solicitor John Nugent.
