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Referee for California State Athletic Commission outlines unified-rules changes to grounded-opponent and north-south strikes, effective Nov. 1
Summary
Mike Beltran, a licensed referee for the California State Athletic Commission, outlined two changes to the unified rules: statements about kicks/knees to the head of a grounded opponent (with conflicting descriptions in the presentation) and the removal of a 12:00–06:00 restriction so north-south elbows will be legal as of "November 1" (year not specified).
Mike Beltran, a licensed referee for the California State Athletic Commission, told listeners there are "2 major changes in the unified rules" and described alterations he said take effect "as of November 1."
Beltran said the first change concerns strikes to the head of a grounded opponent. He stated, "As of November 1, now what's gonna be considered to be legal is gonna be the grounded opponent with 1 hand placing down. If Tsar decides to kick or knee him to the head, that is going to be legal per November on November 1, per the unified rules." In the same explanation, however, Beltran also said, "That…
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