Commissions and Sanctioning Bodies
State athletic commissions, tribal commissions and title-sanctioning organizations that license fighters and officials and regulate combat-sports events.
Alabama Athletic Commission
The state athletic commission for Alabama, with offices in Birmingham. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
Arizona Boxing & MMA Commission
The state athletic commission for Arizona, with offices in Phoenix. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
California State Athletic Commission
The state athletic commission for California, with offices in Sacramento. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
Colorado State Boxing Commission
The state athletic commission for Colorado, with offices in Denver. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
Combative Sports Authority of Maine
The state athletic commission for Maine, with offices in Portland. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
District of Columbia Combat Sports Commission
The state athletic commission for District of Columbia, with offices in Washington. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
Florida Athletic Commission
The state athletic commission for Florida, with offices in Tallahassee. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission
The state athletic commission for Georgia, with offices in Atlanta. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
Hawaii Boxing Commission
The state athletic commission for Hawaii, with offices in Honolulu. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
Illinois State Athletic Commission
The state athletic commission for Illinois, with offices in Chicago. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
Iowa Athletic Commission
The state athletic commission for Iowa, with offices in Des Moines. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
Louisiana State Boxing and Wrestling Commission
The state athletic commission for Louisiana, with offices in Metairie. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
Maryland State Athletic Commission
The state athletic commission for Maryland, with offices in Baltimore. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
Massachusetts State Athletic Commission
The state athletic commission for Massachusetts, with offices in Boston. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
Michigan Unarmed Combat Commission
The state athletic commission for Michigan, with offices in Lansing. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
Nevada Athletic Commission
The state athletic commission for Nevada, with offices in Las Vegas. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
New Jersey Athletic Control Board
The state athletic commission for New Jersey, with offices in Trenton. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
New Mexico Athletic Commission
The state athletic commission for New Mexico, with offices in Santa Fe. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
New York State Athletic Commission
The state athletic commission for New York, with offices in New York. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
North Dakota Commission of Combative Sports
The state athletic commission for North Dakota, with offices in Bismarck. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
Ohio Athletic Commission
The state athletic commission for Ohio, with offices in Youngstown. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
Oklahoma State Athletic Commission
The state athletic commission for Oklahoma, with offices in Oklahoma City. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
Oregon State Athletic Commission
The state athletic commission for Oregon, with offices in Salem. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
Pennsylvania Athletic Commission
The state athletic commission for Pennsylvania, with offices in Harrisburg. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
Pete Suazo Utah Athletic Commission
The state athletic commission for Utah, with offices in Millcreek. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
Puerto Rico Professional Boxing Commission
The state athletic commission for Puerto Rico, with offices in San Juan. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
South Carolina Athletic Commission
The state athletic commission for South Carolina, with offices in Columbia. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
South Dakota Athletic Commission
The state athletic commission for South Dakota, with offices in Pierre. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
Texas Combative Sports Program
The state athletic commission for Texas, with offices in Austin. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
Virginia Boxing, Martial Arts & Professional Wrestling Program
The state athletic commission for Virginia, with offices in Richmond. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
West Virginia Athletic Commission
The state athletic commission for West Virginia, with offices in Charleston. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
Wyoming Combat Sports Commission
The state athletic commission for Wyoming, with offices in Cheyenne. It licenses promoters, fighters, referees and judges, approves and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA events, and enforces the unified rules and medical requirements at those cards.
Citizen Potawatomi Nation Boxing Commission
Tribal athletic commission headquartered in Shawnee, OK. It licenses fighters, seconds and officials and regulates the professional and amateur combat-sports cards staged on its nation's lands. Listed as a member commission by the Association of Boxing Commissions.
Comanche Nation Sports Commission
Tribal athletic commission headquartered in Lawton, OK. It licenses fighters, seconds and officials and regulates the professional and amateur combat-sports cards staged on its nation's lands. Listed as a member commission by the Association of Boxing Commissions.
Connecticut Dept. of Emergency Services & Public Protection – Boxing and MMA Regulation
The Connecticut state agency responsible for combat sports. It issues promoter, fighter and official licences, approves event dates and supervises professional and amateur boxing and MMA cards in the state. Combat-sports staff are based in Middletown.
Fond Du Lac Athletic Commission
Tribal athletic commission headquartered in Cloquet, MN. It licenses fighters, seconds and officials and regulates the professional and amateur combat-sports cards staged on its nation's lands. Listed as a member commission by the Association of Boxing Commissions.
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State athletic commissions, tribal commissions and title-sanctioning organizations that license fighters and officials and regulate combat-sports events.
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State athletic commissions, tribal commissions and title-sanctioning organizations that license fighters and officials and regulate combat-sports events.