Congress Passes Legislation to Ban MMA

In a surprise move by the federal government today, MMA is moving closer to being banned in all 50 states today. The legislation, part of the Non-armed Combative Regulation Act, has called out Mixed Martial Arts as a “barbaric sport” filled with “bar fighters” who are only competing to hurt others. If signed by President Bush, the sport will cease to exist as of June 1, 2008.

You can read more about the story and the Anti-MMA bill here. I’m sure FightLinker will have a petition to keep MMA alive!