Fight Promoter Licensing in TX

[IBdmfkr]

Anyone have any information on this they'd like to share or past experience?

Very hard to find too much information on this topic online other than the Texas ***t. of Licensing and Regulations website.

Specifically for MMA fights btw.

Thanks

[Box This*]

Anyone have any information on this they'd like to share or past experience?

Very hard to find too much information on this topic online other than the Texas ***t. of Licensing and Regulations website.

Specifically for MMA fights btw.

Thanks

Dont know if im going along the right lines...but when tyson couldnt get a licence to fight anywhere...the only state was texas.

hope this answers the question....pretty easy to get one i suppose

[IBdmfkr]

Not very easy, that is a competitor's license to be allowed to fight.
With a felony you cannot fight in Texas or have any participation in a fight (judge/matchmaker/referee/promoter etc), I'm sure he paid someone off somewhere.

Also boxing and MMA have seperate rules and require different permits because of the chances of injury amoung other things, it is right there with kickboxing.

Texas has also made it's rules much stricter within the last couple years for some reason.

[Box This*]

Not very easy, that is a competitor's license to be allowed to fight.
With a felony you cannot fight in Texas or have any participation in a fight (judge/matchmaker/referee/promoter etc), I'm sure he paid someone off somewhere.

Also boxing and MMA have seperate rules and require different permits because of the chances of injury amoung other things, it is right there with kickboxing.

Texas has also made it's rules much stricter within the last couple years for some reason.

WOuldnt have a clue then m8 ... i live in the uk

[KAEW44]

In texas before 2004/2005 only open hand MMA was allowed called shoot-fights, it was sanctioned by texas state and we had some events in Plainview texas and Lubbock under the sanction of a bunch of people called the "Texas-Kickfighter Federation" and unfortunatly they dont have any website it was some dude we called up and we flew him into town from dallas and gave him 500bucks and he basically did all the rules and weigh-ins and he was the ref for all the fights so u can have a sanctioned event.

The only real main MMA event back then was Renegades which was done by Sol Soliz in houston he was a good promoter and also a trainer for some of todays pro's.

After 2004 Texas sanctioned closed-fist MMA and things changed i dont know how things are organized now but go to www.txmma.com and i'm sure u can find lots of info there, if not at least u will find a way to contact sol soliz he knows the whole history of all fightsport in texas and rules.

[IBdmfkr]

Awesome bro, thanks for the time and info.

[zimmy]

Sol still has the renegades :P

[IBdmfkr]

This will be on the north side of Houston, just purchases a Throwdown Octagon today that will be installed in 6wks. As well as 2500sq ft of training area.

It will be the only full access gym that is a MMA school in the city that I know of.

[QuieTSToRM33]

This will be on the north side of Houston, just purchases a Throwdown Octagon today that will be installed in 6wks. As well as 2500sq ft of training area.

It will be the only full access gym that is a MMA school in the city that I know of.

You opening up your own school ?

[zimmy]

give me some info yo... i'm always down tos ee new schools, specially in my area

[zimmy]

give me some info yo... i'm always down tos ee new schools, specially in my area

[IBdmfkr]

I'll shoot u a PM.

[Oakley]

Guy Metzger has a gym and school up in Dallas area I want to say plano. If anyone knows he would.

[IBdmfkr]

I believe I have a buddy who is good friends with him, I've heard he's the guy to talk to.