Combat Sports Advisory

The strategy behind the guard.
Risk management for the mat.

Professionalizing combat sports operations through rigorous compliance, employment policy, privacy, AI governance, and liability mitigation. The structural stability your gym, promotion, or federation needs to survive the next round of growth.

Why this matters

One lawsuit. One scandal. One preventable injury. One outbreak. That's often all it takes to damage years of trust.

Combat Integrity Group helps organizations build the systems that prevent problems before they become crises — and respond like professionals when they don't.

Who We AreBackground

Legal-grade rigor. Mat-level fluency.

Attorney-led · USC LL.M. Privacy & Cybersecurity · BJJ Black Belt

Combat Integrity Group is led by attorneys whose legal services span employment law, internal investigations, risk management, privacy, AI governance, and public-sector compliance — paired with firsthand experience inside combat sports.

We have represented employers, advised government agencies, conducted investigations, and developed organizational policies — and we understand, from the inside, the operational realities of running a martial arts academy.

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Who We ServeClients

Built for the entire combat sports ecosystem.

  • Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academies
  • MMA Gyms
  • Boxing Gyms
  • Muay Thai Gyms
  • Wrestling Clubs
  • Judo Clubs
  • Tournament Promoters
  • Sports Federations
  • Nonprofits
  • Combat Sports Startups

From single-location academies to multi-state promotions and national federations — if it touches a mat, cage, or ring, we know the terrain.

How We HelpProcess

A repeatable system. Not a one-off rescue.

01

Assess

Identify legal, operational, and reputational risks across your operation.

02

Design

Develop customized policies and governance solutions tailored to your discipline.

03

Implement

Train leadership, coaches, and staff so the policies actually live on the mat.

04

Monitor

Provide ongoing advisory support as laws, risks, and the sport evolve.

The standard

The best academies don't wait for lawsuits, scandals, or injuries to improve. They build systems that protect their athletes, coaches, business, and reputation before problems occur.

Advisory DomainsTen Areas

Building safer, stronger combat sports organizations.

  • Legal Policies & Handbooks

    0 1

    Ironclad waivers, participation agreements, and member handbooks built for the realities of the mat.

  • Employment & HR Compliance

    0 2

    Coach classification, independent-contractor risk, wage-and-hour, and staff handbooks.

  • SafeSport & Youth Protection

    0 3

    Background screening, mandated reporting, abuse-prevention training, and minor-athlete safeguards.

  • Athlete Safety & Medical Governance

    0 4

    Return-to-play, concussion policy, EAPs, AED requirements, blood exposure, and skin-infection protocols.

  • AI & Privacy Policy

    0 5

    Member data governance, AI-tool usage by coaches, biometric identifiers, and modern privacy frameworks.

  • Social Media & Recording

    0 6

    Floor-recording governance, minor consent, image rights, and content-creator boundaries.

  • Internal Investigations

    0 7

    Independent oversight for gym-culture, misconduct, and personnel incidents.

  • Ethics & Governance

    0 8

    Coach-athlete boundaries, conflict-of-interest, anti-retaliation, and board governance for nonprofits.

  • Tournament & Event Compliance

    0 9

    Vendor agreements, emergency planning, athlete registration, and volunteer policies.

  • Sponsorship & Brand Protection

    1 0

    Influencer agreements, sponsor contracts, trademark, merchandising, and licensing.

Add-On ServicesBolt-ons

Beyond the core advisory

Two add-ons most firms can't offer.

Combat Integrity Group is, first and foremost, a combat sports advisory. For clients who need more, we also provide Texas-licensed legal services and national sports immigration — available as a bolt-on to any retainer.

Add-on · Texas Only

Texas-licensed legal services.

For Texas-based gyms and promotions, our in-house counsel can take the work all the way through filing and litigation — not just advise on it. Entity formation, contracts, landlord disputes, insurance review, and dispute resolution.

  • Entity & operating agreements
  • Lease & vendor review
  • Dispute resolution & litigation
  • Insurance & liability strategy
Immigration Services · Nationwide

Sports immigration for athletes & coaches.

Almost nobody specializes in combat sports immigration. We do — nationwide. From world-team coaches to imported instructors and international seminars, we build the evidentiary record that wins.

  • O-1A & O-1B petitions
  • P-1 athlete visas
  • EB-1 extraordinary ability
  • Foreign instructor placements
CapabilitiesSix lines

Built around the retainer

Deeper engagements when advice alone isn't enough.

Targeted programs that extend the advisory — from training your staff and drafting your paper, to vetting your coaches, structuring your business, and rehearsing your worst day before it happens.

01

Training & Audits

Staff workshops on SafeSport compliance, spotting red flags, and incident documentation. Annual policy and handbook audits to keep you ahead of the next claim.

02

Templates & Toolkits

Pre-drafted liability waivers, coach contracts, membership agreements, and athlete representation contracts — built for combat sports, not generic fitness.

03

Crisis Readiness

Custom incident response playbooks for serious injury, viral video, and SafeSport allegations — written and rehearsed before you ever need the crisis line.

04

Background & Vetting Programs

Coach and staff screening packages with ongoing monitoring — built with youth-focused academies and federations in mind.

05

Career & Transition Advisory

Fighter contract review, sponsorship guidance, and post-career transition planning. Strategic counsel for athletes beyond the visa.

06

Gym Operations Counsel

Business formation (LLCs, partnerships), buy/sell advisory, and expansion due diligence for academies scaling into multi-location operations.

Advisor ServicesRetainer

A cornerman for the business side of the sport.

Cornerman

Project/ engagement

One-off policy builds, handbook overhauls, or a single visa petition.

  • Scoped deliverable
  • Fixed-fee quote
  • 30-day post-delivery support
  • No standing access to counsel
Engage Cornerman

Cornerman Plus

Most Retained
Monthly/ retainer

On-call advisory for operating gyms, promotions, and chains.

  • Unlimited advisory calls & emails
  • Quarterly policy & risk review
  • Priority document turnaround
  • 24/7 Crisis Line access
  • Discounted litigation & visa rates
Engage Cornerman Plus

Championship

Enterprise/ embedded

Embedded outside-counsel for multi-location operators and promotions.

  • Dedicated advisory team
  • On-site annual audit
  • Board & leadership training
  • Crisis Line + on-scene response
  • Custom SLAs & reporting
Engage Championship
24 / 7 Crisis Line

When the incident happens at 2 a.m., we pick up.

An on-mat injury. A viral video. A police visit. A SafeSport allegation. Retained clients reach a real advisor — not an answering service — within fifteen minutes, any hour, any day.

  • Serious-injury & death response
  • Media & reputational triage
  • Law-enforcement liaison
  • SafeSport & abuse allegations
  • Data breach & doxxing
  • Coach misconduct events
RETAINED CLIENTS
Direct hotline access

Cornerman Plus and Championship retainers include a dedicated 24/7 number, shared with leadership only, with a fifteen-minute response SLA.

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Resource LibraryComing Soon

Plain-English answers to the questions that keep owners up at night.

Free briefings, policy explainers, and field-tested guidance — written for gym owners, head coaches, and federation boards, not lawyers.

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  • Staph & communicable disease policies
  • Coach-student relationship boundaries
  • SafeSport requirements
  • AI policies for academies
  • Recording on the mats
  • Coach social media
  • Waivers that actually hold up
  • Independent contractor risk
  • Mandatory reporting
  • Heat illness protocols
  • AED programs
  • Background screening
Inner Circle

Exclusive briefings, delivered privately.

Subscribers receive long-form risk memos, policy templates, case breakdowns, and early access to the Resource Library — written for owners, head coaches, and federation boards. Not published anywhere else.

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On the RoadmapExpanding

Where we're growing next.

  • Insurance & claims consulting
  • Contract review
  • Vendor management
  • Franchise compliance
  • Crisis communications planning
  • Corporate governance
  • Data breach response
DifferentiatorWhy Us

Most firms react. We architect.

A traditional law firm answers your call after the incident. An HR consultant rewrites your handbook once a year. Combat Integrity Group sits inside the operation — designing the policies, training, and governance that keep the incident from happening in the first place.

Texas-based
Locally licensed counsel paired with national-scope advisory.
Combat-native
Built by people who understand mats, cages, and rings — not just statutes.
Proactive only
We engage on retainer to prevent — not bill after the bleeding starts.
Begin the engagement

Protect the gym. Protect the sport.

Schedule a confidential risk assessment. We'll map your current exposure across all ten advisory domains and return a prioritized remediation plan within seven days.

Legal Services:
JURISDICTION
Texas
Advisory Services:
United States

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