mma in france still illegal

hagler7 · 04-02-2008, 12:57 PM

Is mma in france still illegal or has the ban been lifted. i recently visited paris and picked up a couple of mags (punchmag being one of them) to help my french studies, i couldent believe how much the french love there combat sports such as savate,thai & kick boxing. its a shame that they cannot enjoy a great that sport mma is .

Pepparoo · 04-02-2008, 02:08 PM

I think it's legal now.

Paedde · 04-02-2008, 02:44 PM

Yeah it's legal now, the allowed rules were published a few months ago but just in french I think.

yodaman · 04-02-2008, 02:49 PM

I believe they're similar to SHOOTO rules, ring enclosure, no elbows, and counts for legitimate knockdowns, but otherwise it's MMA the way you and I know it with GNP, subs, and all that.

I'm not French, so I'm not an expert. Can someone confirm it?

spiral · 04-03-2008, 12:54 PM

I can confirm it. The new law can be found here: http://www.kwoon.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19456

The real change is that it was previously forbidden to organize a fight where it was legal to strike someone on the ground. This new law only authorizes striking on the ground with the fists, plus after three unblocked strikes, the fight is stopped.

Elbows are banned, either standing or on the ground.

So it's still a bit crappy, but better than nothing.

MaxFR · 04-03-2008, 01:43 PM

I wanted elbows allowed... it's shit really...but at least it's soemthing