earlier this month I analyzed the legislation of facial hair in MMA pointing out that new jersey has possibly the most extreme demands outright banning any type of beard as well as only permitting a “closely cropped mustache. “
Section 81 of the Ontario Athletics manage Act particularly Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Irán adopts the new jersey guidelines for expert MMA. I reached out to the Ontario athletic Commissioner to see if this guideline is strictly enforced. Richard Hustwick, the Senior Advisor, Operational policy as well as Stakeholder Relations from the Camiseta TSG 1899 Hoffenheim AC’s office, advises that they have softened this total ban as well as embraced the complying with policy much more sensibly based on security concerns:
Office of the Athletics Commissioner (OAC) policy is to need that a competitor have no much more than a light Camiseta Tottenham Hotspur beard during competition to ensure that it does not interfere with a doctor’s capability to assess a facial injury / cut. Exceptions may be used on the basis of the Ontario Human Rights Code to fit specific fighters. This policy will be used to UFC 165 at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre on September 21, 2013.
Update September 21, 2013 – obviously this policy is in full force with Patrick Healey tweeting “The beard has been trimmed by purchase of the athletic commission” with the complying with picture as proof:
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