{"id":930141,"date":"2026-10-16T10:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T10:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/930141\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T10:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T10:24:10","slug":"ki-mma-considering-pride-style-rules-for-ambitious-2027-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/930141\/","title":{"rendered":"Ki MMA considering Pride-style rules for ambitious 2027 launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Ki MMA is considering adopting elements of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/PRIDE-Fighting-Championships-3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nPride<\/a>\u2019s rules as the new promotion looks to distinguish itself<br \/>\nfrom other mixed martial arts organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Rich Chou, the promotion\u2019s executive vice president of athlete<br \/>\nrelations, discussed the possibility on \u201cBowks Talking Bouts,\u201d<br \/>\nsaying officials are exploring ways to make competition more<br \/>\nexciting for fighters and fans.<\/p>\n<p>Rich Chou discusses Pride-inspired rules for Ki MMA&#8217;s<br \/>\n32-fighter featherweight Grand Prix<br \/>\n<br \/>\nChou said Ki MMA is examining existing rule sets alongside other<br \/>\nideas as it develops its approach to competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is in the discussion,\u201d Chou said. \u201cWe\u2019ve said Pride quite a<br \/>\nbit. Yeah, who didn\u2019t love Pride, right? Some of my favorite<br \/>\nfights, some of the greatest fights in the history of the sport.<br \/>\nThere really was no greater spectacle for MMA and for us, it was<br \/>\nthe same kind of adoration and love for K1 on the kickboxing side.<br \/>\nWe\u2019re looking at all those options and then some. Some that I think<br \/>\nsome people are not thinking about. We\u2019re in the war room having<br \/>\nall these conversations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chou also emphasized that the promotion intends to consult fighters<br \/>\nabout potential changes. He said regulatory differences among U.S.<br \/>\nstates and the organization\u2019s plans to hold events internationally<br \/>\ncould create opportunities to experiment with different rules.<\/p>\n<p>Ki MMA plans to launch in early 2027 with a 32-fighter<br \/>\nfeatherweight Grand Prix spanning four continents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ki MMA is considering adopting elements of Pride\u2019s rules as the new promotion looks to distinguish itself from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[4225,64,63,786,785,44,85],"class_list":["post-930141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-article","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}