“Same exciting action as mixed martial arts but when the fight hits the ground, fighters immediately stand-up. The future of fighting. No ground, Just pound.”
Stephane Patry, the former owner of TKO has rebranded his Strikebox stand-up only promotion. It is now sanctioned with official rules in New Jersey and Instinct Fighting will be holding its first event on April 17th.
HT: Mike Russell, instinctfighting.com
Bosse v. Thompson Clip – Riot in Montreal:
Apparently, the rules were set for Striking only, but somehow never approved by whatever commission they have up there. MMA Rules were instituted, and Thompson came out and took down Bosse instantly. Crowd didn’t know of rule change, and Thompson didn’t honor the ridiculous “gentleman’s agreement”.