South Carolina To Lift Ban On MMA
by Kelvin Hunt on Feb 27, 2009 2:33 PM EST
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Well North Carolina MMA fighters you should have a few more options in terms of finding places to fight in MMA. As you already knew, South Carolina had an outright ban on the sport of MMA. However, earlier this month South Carolina's House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee passed a bill to eliminate the ban. It hit the House Floor on Thursday with no debate, passing with a vote of 57-0. The bill will now goto the Senate where it is expected to pass with no opposition.
South Carolina should become the 38th state to regulate MMA. So in the words of Terrell Owens, 'get cha popcorn ready" because now you'll have options all up and down the eastern seaboard. Not only is this great news for MMA fans in South Carolina, it's great news for MMA fans in general. Basically, it's another state down with just a few more to go before MMA will be legal all over.
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This is definately a move in the right direction… Great move SC government
by Chris Clodfelter on Feb 27, 2009 2:39 PM EST reply actions
![From MMAJunkie.com:
Strikeforce heavyweight and former NFL great Herschel Walker (1-0 MMA, 1-0 SF) suffered a deep cut in training and has been forced to withdraw from next month's "Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu" event.
Strikeforce officials today confirmed the change with MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
Featuring a light heavyweight matchup between Dan Henderson and Renato "Babalu" Sobral, "Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu" takes place Dec. 4 and airs on Showtime.
"I feel terrible about this," Walker stated in today's official release. "I know things like this happen in all sports, but I had trained very hard and was excited to be returning to the cage again."
Walker had been expected to face one-time WEC veteran Scott Carson (4-1 MMA, 0-0 SF).
According to Strikeforce officials, a Daniel Cormier knee strike opened a "deep cut under [Walker's] left eye that required multiple stitches"...
Despite the setback, Walker said he hopes to return to action quickly.
"I hope to fight again as soon as the cut heals," Walker said.](http://cdn3.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/161814/herschel-walker-2_small.jpg)
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