According to USCombatsports.com, lawmakers in the Sstate of Wisconsin have put forth a bill that effectively outlaws the sport of mixed martial arts in the state.
Assembly Bill 308 seeks to give state officials the power to ban mixed marital arts in all jurisdictions. It would allow all towns throughout the whole state to enforce the ordinance to anyone to participates in, operates, maintains, attends or promotes a mixed martial arts event or promotion.
In November of 2009, an event that was promoted under the promotion Wisconsin Fighting Championship and was set to take place at the Washington County Fairgrounds in the Town of Polk was cancelled.
In 2010, the Town of Polk enacted an ordinance stating that, “No person shall operate, maintain, attend, participate in, promote or assist in operating, maintaining, attending, participating in or promoting an ultimate or extreme event held within the Town of Polk.”
Assembly Bill 308 is now set to be reviewed by the Assembly Committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs.
More on this story as it develops.
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Source: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/902684-mma-wisconsin-bill-proposes-ban-on-mma
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