The UFC is in Virginia for the first time since November 2017 for Saturday’s UFC Norfolk fight card. The Virginia Athletic Commission (VAC) oversees the event which is headlined by a flyweight title fight between Joseph Benavidez and Deiveson Figueiredo. A review of the VAC MMA rules brings up a number of concerns when it comes to pre-fight medical requirements for the competitors. The scoring standards for judges also deserve some pre-fight attention.
Somewhat alarmingly, the only clearly mandated pre-fight medical requirements for fighters in Virginia are the following blood tests: Antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and antibodies to virus hepatitis C.