LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – AUGUST 28: (R-L) Giga Chikadze of Georgia fights Edson Barboza of Brazil in a featherweight battle throughout the UFC Fight Night occasion at UFC APEX on August 28, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
November 14, 2023 5:10 pm ET
Brain injury is a threat professional fighters take each time they enter the cage or ring, and now Nevada is needing unique relicensing hearings on a private basis for those who suffered neurological damage considered major.
Tuesday, the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) cleared Giga Chikadze to contend as soon as again in its jurisdiction on Dec. 16 at UFC 296 in Las Vegas vs. Josh Emmett.
“Giga Chikadze had a major head injury,” executive director Jeff Mullen stated at the conference, which MMA Junkie signed up with digitally. “He did go through severe medical tests. He was cleared and his suspension was raised. He combated in another jurisdiction (considering that) previously this year, however he wasn’t accredited here. Now he’s turning up for licensing in December and he has had an extra (test). The other test he had a CAT scan after the previous battle. He has actually been cleared by all the tests. He has actually been cleared by our primary medical consultant.”
While it’s uncertain when the brain injury happened, Chikadze has actually not completed in Nevada because a January 2022 loss to Calvin Kattarin which he sustained 127 strikes to the head. He’s combated as soon as outside Nevada, an August triumph over Alex Caceres in Singapore
The brain injury hearing for Chikadze is the 2nd in 4 months for an expert MMA fighter looking for re-licensure in Nevada. UFC welterweight competitor Vicente Luque preceded the commission under comparable situations in July and got clearance for a brain bleed.
“Any time we have an application for a license with a contender that has actually had a severe head injury, whenever they need to be accredited from here forward, they need to come before the commission for approval,” Mullen stated.
The hearings are connected into state statute NAC 467.017which mentions, “If a candidate for a license to participate in unarmed fight or an unarmed contender has actually suffered a major head injury, consisting of, however not restricted to, a cerebral hemorrhage, the candidate or unarmed contender should have his/her application for a license or for renewal of a license examined by the Commission before a license is provided or restored.”
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