ABC official: Universal amateur-MMA regulation key to better judging

A proposal set for presentation at the Association of Boxing Commissions’ annual meeting in July will provide guidelines for uniform amateur-MMA regulation across all jurisdictions.

Among the possible benefits of the proposal is the further vetting of…

A proposal set for presentation at the Association of Boxing Commissions’ annual meeting in July will provide guidelines for uniform amateur-MMA regulation across all jurisdictions.

Among the possible benefits of the proposal is the further vetting of
judges, according to the chairman of the ABC’s MMA rules committee, New
Jersey State Athletic Control Board chief counsel Nick Lembo.

“If you first get a look at these judges in amateur fights and how they’re progressing, that will improve the judging,” Lembo told MMAjunkie.com.