WEBVTT - Bare Knuckle Fight Event in Perth promoted but not yet approved

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<v Speaker 1>BKFC if I can change gears. BKFC Beatical Fighting Championships

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<v Speaker 1>are advertising on their website, Minister that they will be

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<v Speaker 1>in Perth on July the nineteenth, that's forty seven days away.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it going ahead? Do you think?

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<v Speaker 2>Well? It's going The event has to be sanctioned by

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<v Speaker 2>the Combat Sports Commission. So there's two stages of this.

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<v Speaker 2>This was first whether the sport can be allowed in

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<v Speaker 2>the state, and that was something that has been signed

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<v Speaker 2>off by the previous Minister signed off, so the sport

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<v Speaker 2>is allowed. And then there's the actual event. And so

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<v Speaker 2>what the proponents have to do is put forward to

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<v Speaker 2>the Combat Sports Commission what is involved, and then the

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<v Speaker 2>Commission either approves or doesn't approve it. As I understand

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<v Speaker 2>this often happens with these types of activity, is that

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<v Speaker 2>they start promoting while they're still trying to secure the

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<v Speaker 2>approval from the Commission.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think Bob Coultures, the chair last time I

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<v Speaker 1>spoke to you said you'd met with him and Anthony

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<v Speaker 1>Grover and some other other people from the Commission. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a nine person commission. Can you or the premier still

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<v Speaker 1>exercise of veto and are you is it? I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>given the look of the sport and what it actually involves,

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<v Speaker 1>is it something that you're comfortable with having here.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I think the Premier used these words and it's

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<v Speaker 2>probably the words that I'll use. It's not my cup

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<v Speaker 2>of tea. But similar to the discussion and the debate

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<v Speaker 2>around cage fighting, all the Octagon, MMA and UFC, the

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<v Speaker 2>similar arguments were put forward and at that time we

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<v Speaker 2>as a government allowed, of course the Octagon to come

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<v Speaker 2>back to w or to come to WA and now

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<v Speaker 2>we are very much big supporters of UFC and we

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<v Speaker 2>have a welterweight champion and Jack So these same discussions

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<v Speaker 2>we had or as Minister for Sport, I take advice

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<v Speaker 2>from the experts, and the experts from a government perspective

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<v Speaker 2>is a Combat Sport Commission, who have a look at

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<v Speaker 2>the sport, what's happening around the world, have a look

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<v Speaker 2>at the types of regulations you need to make sure

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<v Speaker 2>it's as safe as as possible, and that's what they've done,

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<v Speaker 2>and so they've stipulated a number of key regulations about,

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<v Speaker 2>for example, the experience of the fighters, some other regulations

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<v Speaker 2>about medical practitioners being on site and bring side. So

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<v Speaker 2>I take advice from the Combat Sports Commission, and the

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<v Speaker 2>advice is that they believe with the level of regulations

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<v Speaker 2>they've imposed that it can be undertaken safely in wa

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<v Speaker 2>and that's the advice that I'm sticking to.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, So is any of the criteria where they assess

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<v Speaker 1>an event to come to perth, is any of that

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<v Speaker 1>community feedback or community opposition? And would you consider that

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<v Speaker 1>is community opposition to an event the fact that you

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<v Speaker 1>or mister Cook would take into a consideration.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, there's a lot of people that I don't like

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<v Speaker 2>combat sports, I'd say that, and so these types of

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<v Speaker 2>events aren't to everyone's liking. I understand that, you know so,

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<v Speaker 2>But in relation to this, it's really about making sure

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<v Speaker 2>that the sport can be regulated. And the other point,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think it's the point that the premiers made

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<v Speaker 2>and other ministers are made that if you don't regulate,

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<v Speaker 2>then things go underground and it's much less safe for

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<v Speaker 2>the competitors. So this is something, as I said, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I've gone and looked at what's happened around the world.

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<v Speaker 2>It does happen in other places around the world. But

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<v Speaker 2>all I can do is take the advice of the

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<v Speaker 2>of the board and the team that's been appointed to

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<v Speaker 2>give me this advice, and as I said, this is

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<v Speaker 2>the same I mean, I remember just a few years

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<v Speaker 2>ago talking about UFC and some of the same accusations

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<v Speaker 2>made against this event were made against UFC. So I

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<v Speaker 2>take the advice of the Combat Sports Commission seriously. They've

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<v Speaker 2>gone in the created some additional regulations in relations for safety.

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<v Speaker 2>As I said, it's now up to the promoter of

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<v Speaker 2>the event to make sure they satisfy all the regulations

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<v Speaker 2>and rules that the Combat Sports Commission have put in place,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's the work that has to happen now.