Affiliation of Boxing Commissions (ABC) not too long ago legalized 12-6 elbows, bringing an finish to the longstanding ban on some of the efficient (and most controversial) offensive weapons in all of combined martial arts (MMA).
That mentioned, it’s as much as every particular person athletic fee to undertake the change.
New Jersey State Athletic Management Board (NJSACB) has but to place the brand new guidelines into impact, which implies these athletes combating at UFC 316 on Sat. evening (June 7, 2025) inside Prudential Heart in Newark might be unable to strike with 12-6 elbows.
It might seem the unified guidelines of MMA aren’t unified in spite of everything.
That might have a big effect on combatants like Merab Dvalishvili and Kayla Harrison, amongst others, who’re predominantly floor fighters. Not surprisingly, followers on social media blasted the “incompetent” regulators for sitting on their arms.
The rule change went into impact final fall in each New York and Las Vegas.
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