Urijah Faber In Mississippi, 12-6 elbow strikes are allowed in MMA, even though they’re not in big fight states like Nevada, California or New Jersey. In Tennessee, linear kicks to the knee are not allowed, even though they are in most other states that regularly hold MMA events. Meanwhile, if you throw in the towel in Kansas, it’s an immediate disqualification. While the 49 states that regulate MMA agree on most of the big rules in the sport, there are all sorts of quirks to the smaller ones among athletic commissions that oversee events, said Sean Wheelock, the chair of a new rules and regulations committee formed by Association of Boxing Commissions President Mike Mazzulli.
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ABC rules & regs committee to address 12-6 elbows, 10-8 rounds, cruiserweight division – MMA Junkie