Medical care in unlicensed combat sports: A need for standardised regulatory frameworks

To explore the provision of medical care at 'unlicensed', full-contact amateur and lower-level professional combat sports competitions in England.Qualitative, mixed methods.Observations totalling 200h of fieldwork shadowing medical professionals at 27 individual combat sports events, alongside formal, semi-structured interviews with 25 medical professionals, 7 referees and 9 promoters/event staff.Practices and standards vary widely. Event...