Today Ontario announced that they will “officially begin sanctioning professional Muay Thai“. Below is the full announcement:
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Hello Everyone,
I’m pleased to share an important update for Ontario’s combative sports community.
Effective October 1, 2026, the Ontario Athletic Commission
A recent study conducted neuropsychological testing on a group of strikers and grapplers. Unsurprisingly the strikers had worse outcomes than the grapplers. The strikers “scored significantly lower in processing speed and verbal learning and memory“.
The strikers were broken down
The connection between combat sports and long term brain trauma is real. Study after study demonstrate this. Recent research conducted a scoping review of available literature and highlighted this connection. In short the research found that combat sports such as
A recent study was published in the latest edition of the Journal of Combat Sports Medicine addressing injury rates in Catch Wrestling. In short the study found that injury rates in Catch Wrestling were similar to Olympic style Wrestling.
If
An interesting study was published last month in the Journal of Combat Sports Medicine shedding light on how many head strikes professional boxers are exposed to in the ring.
The study, titled Epidemiology of Head Strikes Absorbed by Professional
A smoker. In the combat sports world this is slang for an unsanctioned / unregulated fight. Cutting corners. Avoiding regulation. Exposing athletes to the dangers of a potentially neglectful environment.
Last week the BC Court of Appeal released reasons for
The biggest health dangers in combative sports are brain trauma from KO’s and TKO stoppages involving brain rattling. Concussions and CTE are to be taken seriously. So bouts allowing knees to the head of grounded opponents likely see far more
This week the Association of Ringside Physicians had their position statement on eye injuries in combat sports published in the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine.
The paper is titled “Eye Conditions: Position Statement of the Association of Ringside Physicians” and
This week the Association of Ringside Physicians published a position statement on high risk fighters.
The purpose of the document is “to guide ringside physicians in identifying fighters at higher risk, warranting closer evaluation before, during, and after competition”.
The
