Top-ranked middleweight fighter and medical cannabis activist, Elias Theodorou, fights the stigma of athletes and cannabis in the United States for the first time.
DENVER, Dec. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — WHAT:
The first ever American bout with an in-competition Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) in place for medical cannabis. Elias Theodorou (18-3) will be the first sanctioned ‘cannabis athlete’ to compete in the United States, when he heads-up against Bellator veteran Bryan Baker (18-5) in a Pro Middleweight MMA Superfight hosted and promoted by Colorado Combat Club. They headline a ticket that includes 18 other bouts under the cubed3biotech and Leafythings Preliminaries.
WHO:
Elias is the first professional athlete to receive a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) for medical cannabis in competition in the USA. The Colorado Office of Combative Sports and Colorado Combative Sports Commission granted Theodorou his TUE in May 2021, only months after his first history-making fight in British Columbia, Canada – the first in-competition TUE in both Canada and North America.
INTERVIEWS:
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WHEN & WHERE:
Saturday, December 19th, 2021, Island Grove Event Center, Greeley, Colorado. The event begins at 5:30 PM local time.
The fight is supported and sponsored by: LeafyThings, Imagine BC, cubed3, and Athletes for CARE. The event will be streamed live exclusively on Pay-Per-View at
