last week I reported that Colorado ended up being the very first us specify athletic compensation to authorize the ruleset utilized by One championship in Mixed Martial Arts which includes the utilize of knees to the head of grounded opponents.
I made a further open records request to the specify to acquire a copy of the full ruleset approved. One Championship, a Singapore based promotion, has the high-end of self regulating events overssess. In Colorado they will requirement a promoters licence as well as be subject to specify regulation. Regulators will oversee events with their own officials however applying the authorized ruleset which is called the “One championship worldwide Ruleset“.
Today Colorado replied to my open records request. below are the full rules authorized in the specify –
ONE CHAMPIONSHIP™THE worldwide rule SETONE Championship™ utilizes The worldwide rule Set, which blends a combination of finest methods from Asianand Non-Asian Rules.SUPERVISIONLOCKER space INSPECTORS• ONE Locker space Inspectors as well as assistants will screen the athletes as well as their teams to makesure nothing inappropriate occurs as well as to prevent any type of breaches of the rules by an athlete orhis/her team.• A Locker space inspector as well as a team of Locker space Assistants will be allocated to every pre-boutlocker space (red as well as blue corner). They will screen the athletes at all times while in the lockerroom prior to the bout.HEAD CUTMANThe Head Cutman will designate an official ONE Cutman to wrap the athlete’s hands, or, witness as well as indication offthe wrapping of the athlete’s hands. Cutmen will likewise be cageside to help athletes during a bout withswelling as well as cuts.HAND WRAPS & VASELINEThe Cutmen appointed by ONE may apply hand wraps. If the athlete selects to utilize their own person towrap the athlete’s hands, the entire process must be witnessed, approved, as well as signed off by the ONEHead Cutman or a Cutman appointed by him.• ONE will supply authorized tape as well as gauze.• If the athlete selects to utilize their own tape as well as gauze, the athlete must submit it at the rulesmeeting as well as have it authorized as well as kept in the Head Cutman’s possession up until its utilize in the lockerroom.• authorized tape as well as gauze are the only products enabled for utilize in wrapping hands.CORRECT HAND WRAPSGauze may prolong over the knuckles as well as cover the hand as well as wrist. Tape may cover the hand as well as wristbut must stay behind the knuckles.APPLICATION OF VASELINE• Vaseline will be used cageside to the facial area, above as well as around the eyes, by the appointedONE Cutman ONLY. Cornermen may not apply or have Vaseline, or any type of other slippery substancein their possession. utilize of any type of compound is grounds for charge or disqualification.• athletes may request for the extra application of Vaseline in between rounds – the appointedONE Cutman must do the application of Vaseline.• If an athlete or cornerman removes Vaseline from the used areas of the athlete’s deal with andapplies it to any type of other part of the athlete’s body, this may result in a yellow card.WALK-IN INSPECTIONCAGESIDE INSPECTION inspect POINTDuring the athlete’s walk-in/entrance, a ONE Referee will stop the athlete at the inspection point. This iswhere the athlete states goodbye to their team, as they will not be enabled to touch the athlete once again afterthe Referee directs the athlete to step on the mat for devices inspect as well as application of Vaseline. Afterthe application of Vaseline, the Referee will direct the athlete to go into the cage. Camiseta Olympique Marseille The corner Inspector willdirect the athlete’s cornermen to the platform behind the athlete’s corner.CORNER INSPECTORThere will be a ONE corner Inspector in both red as well as blue corners. athletes as well as cornermen are to obeythe corner Inspectors at all times. Cornermen must stay seated during the rounds, abstain frompounding on the cage apron, as well as abstain from any type of unsportsmanlike conduct. Cornermen mustimmediately heed the corner Inspector’s directions to enter, clean up, exit the cage, as well as be seated wheninstructed.MEDICAL EXAMINATIONAll athletes must submit their medicals prior to the deadlines instituted by ONE Championship. Theorganization will suggest which medical tests as well as blood tests have to be completed. during event week,athletes must likewise go through a CT scan as well as a doctor’s inspect prior to the match, brought out by a doctorappointed by ONE Championship. delay in submitting medicals may result in a fine on the athlete’s purse.Knockout: In the event that an athlete has been knocked out by strikes to the head during his match, ONEChampionship will ask the athlete to undertake a CT scan or MRI head scan to be cleared to compete. Theclearance scan must be provided as soon as possible to ONE Championship. The athlete will not be giventheir next match by ONE championship up until ONE championship has possession of the scan clearing theathlete to compete. No exceptions will be produced this rule.Cageside doctor:• A physician must be present at all times at matches under the auspices of ONE Championship.• The cageside physician will take measures he or she considers necessary from a medical viewpointbefore as well as during the matches or have these brought out on his behalf.• during the match or the intervals between the rounds, the cageside physician is obliged at therequest of the referee and/or cornermen to examine any type of wounds or the seriousness of anathlete’s injury and, if necessary, to advise the referee and/or cornermen to suspend the match.Only the referee may make such a request during the match. The advice provided is binding.• If the referee desires to hear the cageside doctor’s advice with regard to the seriousness of anathlete’s injury, he/she stops the match as well as requests the cageside physician to examine the athlete.Cornermen are prohibited from accompanying the cageside doctor.
If the cageside physician ascertains that an athlete is experiencing practical disorders during thecourse of the match such that, in his/her opinion, continuing the match would be irresponsible,he/she is authorized to stop the match.COMPETITIONTIME LIMITS• championship title bouts will consist of 5 x 5-minute rounds.
Titles with a maximum weight can only be won or defended if both athletes are at orunder the appropriate weight. If the champion cannot reach the contracted weight withinthree hours complying with the final weigh-in, as well as they are obliged to protect the title, they losetheir title. If the match is then won by the challenger, the challenger is the new champion.If the reigning champion wins the match, the title becomes vacant – the champion cannotretain the title since they did not accomplish the title weight. If the challenger is as well heavyand the match continues, as well as the champion is at the needed weight, then the latter willremain the champion irrespective of the result of the match. If both athletes are tooheavy, as well as the champion is obliged to protect his title, the title is vacant after the match.
The champion is obligated to protect his title at least when a year if an official title defenseoffer is made. If an official title defense offer is made as well as the champion cannot defendthe title within a year, it may ended up being vacant at the discretion of ONE Championship.• typical bouts will consist of 3 x 5-minute rounds.• 1 night 4-Man competition bouts will consist of 2 x 5-minute rounds.• All bouts will have a 1-minute rest break between each round.LEGAL TECHNIQUESSTANDING• Striking including kicks, knees, punches, forearm, as well as elbow strikes to the head, body as well as legs areallowed (with exception to unlawful targets listed in “Fouls/Illegal Issues”).• Clinching as well as standing submissions are legal.
GROUNDEDAthletes are thought about grounded when they have any type of weight bearing part of their body other than thesoles of their feet touching the ground. For example: An athlete with one or both hands touching theground is “grounded.” An athlete with one or both knees touching the ground is “grounded.”• All hand strikes including punches, forearms as well as elbows to the head, body as well as legs are legal.• An athlete may kick or stomp to the body as well as legs of a grounded opponent.• Kneeing to the head of a grounded opponent is legal.• Up-kicks to the body as well as legs to a grounded opponent are legal.• Up-kicks to the head, body as well as legs of a non-grounded opponent are legal
Submissions are legal.• Kicks to the head of a grounded opponent are unlawful as well as not permitted.• Stomps to the head are unlawful as well as not permitted
FOULS/ILLEGAL ISSUESAthletes must demonstrate great sportsmanship at all times.• No biting• No eye gouging of any type of kind• No orifice insertion (fish hooking nose as well as mouth), including cuts• No head butting• No hair pulling• No striking the groin• No little joint manipulation (control of 3 digits minimum is required)• No strikes to the throat• No grabbing the trachea• No pinching, twisting or clawing the flesh• No striking to the back of the head, neck or spine• No striking an opponent who is under the care of the referee or doctor• No striking an opponent between rounds or after the final bell• No kicks to the head of a grounded opponent• No stomping the head of a grounded opponent• No throwing an opponent out/over the cage• No spiking/pile driving/suplexing an opponent onto his/her head or neck, all throws that areintended to spike the opponent, or otherwise put the opponents head, neck, or spine in jeopardy,are illegal• No holding or grabbing inside an opponent’s glove(s)• No holding or grabbing an opponent’s shorts• No grabbing or holding onto the cage
• No spitting• No piercings, fashion jewelry or get in touch with lenses may be used during the bout• No intentionally disregarding the referee’s instructions• No intentionally avoiding get in touch with (consistently dropping mouthguard or running away isconsidered timidity)• No interference by the corner (distracting the referee)• No Vaseline, liniments, body grease, gels, balms, lotions, oils, smelling salts, nasal inhalers andbronchial inhalers or other substances may be used to the hair, deal with or body of an athlete bythe cornerman, or any type of person other than the official ONE Cutman• No banned substances• The official ONE Cutman will apply Vaseline to the facial area at cageside• Pouring water on an athlete is illegal
• Water is the only beverage enabled for usage prior to as well as during the bout• Unsportsmanlike habits will not be tolerated; this would include swearing or abusive languagetowards one more athlete, an athlete’s team, the referee, a judge, any type of official or personnel of ONEChampionship• If unsportsmanlike habits occurs before, during or after a bout, the referee can stop the bout,penalize by yellow card deduction, or disqualify the offending athlete as well as have the athlete’s teamremoved from the arena
PENALIZING FOULS/ILLEGAL ISSUESCaution – A caution is provided in the event of a minor violation. It may happen without stopping the action ofthe bout.Official warning – In the event of repetition or a more considerable violation, the referee will problem an officialwarning. The referee will stop the action as well as make it remove as well as obvious that the athlete has been warnedfor their infraction.Yellow Cards – any type of flagrant disregard of the rules or stalling, may result Camiseta Athletic Bilbao in a yellow card. A yellow cardwill result in a 10% deduction in the athlete’s prize money as well as may factor on the judges’ decision. Eachyellow card is a successive 10% deduction from the athlete’s earnings. If an athlete is penalized with ayellow card, the fouled opponent will be provided the option to resume the bout from the exact same setting aswhen the foul occurred or from a standing position.Disqualification / Red Card – At the referee’s discretion an athlete may be disqualified based on repetitiveor serious fouling. If an athlete is disqualified the business may deduct a minimum of 30% to a maximumof 100% of the athletes pay.The referee has the discretion to problem Cautions, Warnings, Yellow Cards or Disqualifications based on thenature, severity, as well as repetition of the fouling behavior. In doing so, the referee must have thoroughlyconsidered whether the athlete has, with their violation, damaged their opponent’s possibilities of victory,and if the infraction was intentionally committed.STALLINGWhen the action slows in the standing position, the referee will provide the command “action”. When theaction slows on the ground, the referee will provide the commands “improve your position” or “work tofinish”. If the action has not increased, the referee may stand the athletes or penalize with a yellow card.If a yellow card is displayed, the bout will resume from the standing position.Cageside judges may screen a red or blue marker as a signal to the referee as well as cornermen that the athletefrom the corner displayed is stalling. Cornermen should take this screen into account as well as motivate theirathlete to contend more actively as well as aggressively.INJURY TIMEIf an athlete is injured from a foul, he/she will have a cumulative time equal to that of 1 round (5 minutes)to recover. If the athlete is not able to recuperate from the injury from the foul the match will either be ruleda disqualification, no contest or go to the judges score card for a technical decision, depending upon theintention of the foul and/or when the foul occurred in the match.BOUTS ARE WON BY• Knockout Camiseta Atletico Madrid (KO)• technical Knockout (TKO)• submission (tapping out physically/verbally)• Referee stoppage• physician stoppage• corner throwing in the towel• Disqualification• Judges’ decisionThe judges will utilize The worldwide Judging requirements to evaluate the bout as well as render a decision.THE worldwide JUDGING CRITERIATo score a bout, the judges will take into account in descending order of importance:
Near KO or Near Submission
Damage
Striking Superiority / Ground Control
Takedowns / Takedown defense
AggressionBouts are evaluated in their entirety, not round by round.There will be no champion if the bout ends in a No Contest.No contest results if:• If an at
