MMA fighter Elias Theodorou fights to reform cannabis policies in professional sports

When MMA fighter Elias Theodorou steps into the cage on Saturday, he isn't just looking to fight his opponent, Bryan Baker — he's also fighting for medical cannabis rights.

Although this fight will mark Theodorou's second professional fight with a therapeutic use exemption for medical cannabis, it will be his first fight since gaining an exemption from a state athletic commission inside the United States.

The fight, hosted and promoted by the Colorado Combat Club, comes after Theodorou — whose pro record is 18 wins, 3 losses — received the exemption from the Colorado Combative Sports Commission in May.