Posted on August - 26 - 2010
Canada’s doctors KO mixed martial arts
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NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — Canada’s doctors wrestled with the idea of calling for a ban on mixed martial arts matches at their general council meeting Wednesday, but in the end, supported it with a clear majority.
The wording of the original motion — brought to the Canadian Medical Association’s national conference by doctors from British Columbia — was changed several times before it was finally put to a vote Wednesday morning.
It first called for a ban just on mixed martial arts fighting, and after two sessions of debate on Tuesday and Wednesday, it eventually called for the CMA to advocate a ban on “mixed martial arts prizefighting.”
Eighty-four per cent of delegates at the meeting, which is known as the medical profession’s parliament, supported the motion.
The outgoing president of the CMA, Dr. Anne D