COMMAND Courses

January 8th-10th, 2027

This three-day intensive course is designed to train participants to become Mixed Martial Arts referees and judges. This course covers the Unified Rules and practical applications of referee skills, including pre-fight meetings, cage control and knowledge, rule implementation, fundamental skills application, and other fight day requirements. This course also covers all the material learned in the Judging Course.

Hybrid Referee/Judging Full 3-Day Course

Judging Full 2-Day Course

January 8th-9th, 2027

This two-day intensive course is designed to train participants to become mixed martial arts judges. It covers the Unified Rules of MMA, including the judging criteria and how to use the criteria to score fights properly.

Association of Boxing Commissions
Book cover titled 'Let's Get It On!' featuring a man with arms crossed, promoting MMA referee 'Big' John McCarthy with Loretta Hunt, and a foreword by Bas Rutten.