HARDCORE SPORTS RADIO WANTS UFC IN ONTARIO

Why do we need your signature?

Currently the UFC is barred from having any events in certain States in the US and Provinces in Canada.  Certain laws state that while boxing and kickboxing are both legal.

MMA is deemed an illegal act. Statistics show that deaths in boxing FAR outnumber those in MMA.

If health is not an issue, we really think that MMA should be in play for all of Hardcore Country.

WE have no boundaries and neither should MMA.

This petition has no limits and neither should MMA. We will help move the cause forward to lift the ban in all states and provinces.


Specific Information Regarding the Ontario Debate:
With UFC 83 set for Quebec, it is believed that Ontario would also be a ideal site for a future MMA event and specifically a UFC event. Below you will be able to read and find out WHY this is currently not possible.

--- Section 83 of the Canadian Criminal Code, which deems "prize fighting" as being illegal, with this exception:

"A boxing contest between amateur sportsmen, where the contestants wear boxing gloves of  not less than one hundred and 40 grams each in mass, or any boxing contest held with the permission or under the authority of an athletic board or commission or similar body

established by or under the authority of the legislature of a province for the control of sport within the province, shall be deemed not to be a prize fight."

Where Is MMA Sanctioned?

MMA is now sanctioned in 32 U.S. states, as well as the District of Columbia

according to the UFC.

Approved MMA in 2007

• Arkansas
• Hawaii
• Illinois
• Kentucky
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Pennsylvania
• Tennessee (2008)
  
• Virginia

• Maine
• Maryland
• New York
• South Carolina
• West Virginia

Other MMA Petitions:

Bring the UFC to Vancouver
Allow MMA in Pennsylvania
Allow MMA in Tennessee
Allow MMA in New York
Allow MMA in North Carolina
Allow MMA in South Carolina