(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) “Boxing” includes sparring.
(c) “Commission” means the State Athletic Commission.
(d)(1) “Contest” means a boxing, kick boxing, or wrestling:
(2) “Contest” includes a mixed martial arts:
(3) “Contest” does not include a mixed martial arts exhibition.
(e) “Contestant” means an individual who participates in a boxing, professional kick boxing, amateur kick boxing, professional mixed martial arts, or amateur mixed martial arts contest.
(f) “Mixed martial arts” means a competition in which contestants use interdisciplinary forms of fighting, including various forms of martial arts, involving:
(1) striking with the hands, feet, knees, or elbows; and
(2) grappling by take-downs, throws, submissions, or choke holds.
(g) “Mixed martial arts exhibition” means mixed martial arts where:
(1) contact to the body is permitted in only a restrained manner;
(2) contact to the head is not permitted; and
(3) no contact is permitted that may result, or is intended to result, in physical harm to an opponent.
Credits
Added by Acts 1992, c. 4, § 2. Amended by Acts 1993, c. 148; Acts 2008, c. 607, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2008; Acts 2008, c. 608, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2008; Acts 2013, c. 101, § 1, eff. July 1, 2013.
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
