The Canadian Medical Association is calling for a ban on mixed martial arts in Canada.
Delegates at the CMA's annual meeting voted Wednesday to have the doctors group seek a government ban on the sport.
The vote came after often contentious debate among 250 doctors at the meeting in Niagara Falls, Ont.
Doctors passed a resolution calling for a ban on MMA "prizefighting," as opposed to recreational pursuit of the sport.
Those in favour of trying to deliver a knockout punch to MMA say
the sport puts fighters at risk of severe head trauma and other injuries
that could have lifelong effects.
They argue that unlike sports like hockey and skiing, the intent of mixed martial arts is to incapacitate one's opponent.
Seven provinces in Canada now sanction the combat sport.