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Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 3 - Professional Boxing and Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 3-30 - Fighter requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 30.
(a) When
				participating in a bout, a fighter:
(1) may
				wear a mustache or beard, with the approval of a commission
				representative;
(2) must not have
				braided facial hair;
(3) must have
				hair trimmed or tied back in such a manner as not to interfere with the vision
				of either fighter and not covering all or part of his or her face;
(4) must not wear jewelry or piercing
				accessories; and
(5) must not wear
				facial cosmetics.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 3 - Professional Boxing and Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 3-31 - Pre-bout fighter examination

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC
				  4-33-22-27
Sec. 31.
(a) A
				fighter who fails to obtain the event physician's certification of physical
				fitness to participate, as required by IC
				4-33-22-27(a),
				may not be permitted to participate in the event.
(b) Once a fighter has been examined by the
				event physician before the event, he or she may not leave the dressing room
				area without the permission of a commission representative or
				inspector.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 3 - Professional Boxing and Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 3-32 - Approved beverages for fighters

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 32.
(a) A
				fighter is only allowed to consume water and electrolyte-replacement drinks
				once he or she has been examined by the event physician before the
				event.
(b) Water or
				electrolyte-replacement drinks must be approved by a commission representative
				or inspector and brought to the fighting area in unopened and sealed plastic
				containers.
(c) A commission
				representative or inspector may remove a disallowed drink from the dressing
				room or fighting area.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 3 - Professional Boxing and Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 3-33 - Judges

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 33.
(a) There
				must be present at an event a minimum of three (3) judges appointed by the
				executive director or the executive director's designee to fulfill official
				duties during the bouts.
(b) The
				executive director or the executive director's designee may appoint additional
				judges for an event.
(c) Failure of
				a judge to comply with IC 4-33-22 and this article may result in immediate
				removal from the fighting area by a commission representative.
(d) Each judge must be stationed directly
				outside of the fighting area as designated by a commission
				representative.
(e) Each judge must
				render an independent decision.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 3 - Professional Boxing and Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 3-34 - Announcer

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 34.
(a) There
				must be present at an event a minimum of one (1) announcer.
(b) Announcers are strictly forbidden from
				introducing a bout except when authorized to do so by a commission
				representative.
(c) It is the
				promoter's responsibility to ensure that the announcer at an event acts in
				accordance with IC 4-33-22 and this article.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 3 - Professional Boxing and Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 3-35 - Event physician

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 35.
(a) The
				executive director or the executive director's designee must appoint to an
				event a minimum of one (1) event physician licensed under IC 4-33-22 and this
				article.
(b) The event physician
				must be present directly outside the fighting area to provide immediate
				emergency medical care while the bout is in progress.
(c) The event physician must:
(1) enter the fighting area immediately after
				the conclusion of a bout to examine the fighters; and
(2) recommend a medical suspension for a
				fighter that the event physician determines appropriate.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 3 - Professional Boxing and Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 3-36 - Medical suspensions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-21.5-4; IC 4-33-22
Sec. 36.
(a) The
				executive director, the executive director's designee, or a commission
				representative may issue an order for a medical suspension under IC
				4-21.5-4.
(b) The following medical
				suspensions must be issued to a fighter participating in a bout as follows:
(1) For a technical knockout (TKO), a minimum
				of thirty (30) days suspension.
(2)
				For a knockout (KO), a minimum of sixty (60) days suspension.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 3 - Professional Boxing and Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 3-37 - Testing for prohibited drugs

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 37.
(a) A
				fighter is not permitted to participate in a bout if the fighter has a
				prohibited drug in his or her:
(1)
				possession;
(2) control;
				or
(3) system.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 3 - Professional Boxing and Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 3-38 - Commission representatives and inspectors

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 38.
(a) There
				must be present at an event at least one (1) commission representative or
				inspector appointed by the executive director or the executive director's
				designee for the purpose of providing on-site regulation.
(b) The executive director or the executive
				director's designee may assign a chief commission representative and as many
				additional commission representatives or inspectors as is necessary for the
				oversight of the event.
(c) Each
				commission representative or inspector assigned under this section is
				responsible for ensuring that the provisions of IC 4-33-22 and this article are
				observed.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 3 - Professional Boxing and Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 3-39 - Changing bout results

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 39.
(a) The
				executive director or the executive director's designee will not change a
				decision rendered at the end of any bout unless the:
(1) executive director or the executive
				director's designee determines that a fraudulent act or corruption took place
				during the bout;
(2) compilation of
				the score cards of the judges discloses a clerical error that shows that the
				decision was given to the wrong fighter; or
(3) referee or a commission representative
				has rendered an incorrect decision based on the misinterpretation of a bout
				result in this article.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 3 - Professional Boxing and Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 3-40 - Failure to comply

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC 4-33-22
Sec. 40.
Failure of a licensee to comply with the provisions of IC
				  4-33-22 and this article may result in:
(1) the cancellation of a bout;
(2) the cancellation of an event;
				and
(3) disciplinary action,
				including license suspension, revocation, or denial under IC 4-33-22 and IC
				4-21.5.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 4 - Professional Boxing › Section 4-1 - Weight classes

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 1.
(a)
				Professional boxers shall compete against each other based on the following
				weight categories:
(1) Mini flyweight
up to 105 pounds
(2) Light flyweight
over 105 to 108 pounds
(3) Flyweight
over 108 to 112 pounds
(4) Super flyweight
over 112 to 115 pounds
(5) Bantamweight
over 115 to 118 pounds
(6) Super bantamweight
over 118 to 122 pounds
(7) Featherweight
over 122 to 126 pounds
(8) Super featherweight
over 126 to 130 pounds
(9) Lightweight
over 130 to 135 pounds
(10) Super lightweight
over 135 to 140 pounds
(11) Welterweight
over 140 to 147 pounds
(12) Super welterweight
over 147 to 154 pounds
(13) Middleweight
over 154 to 160 pounds
(14) Super middleweight
over 160 to 168 pounds
(15) Light heavyweight
over 168 to 175 pounds
(16) Cruiserweight
over 175 to 200 pounds
(17) Heavyweight
over 200 pounds
(b) A
				bout may take place between professional boxers in different weight categories
				if the difference in weight between the professional boxers does not exceed the
				allowance shown in the following schedule:
(1) Up to 118 pounds
not more than 3 pounds
(2) Over 118 to 130 pounds
not more than 4 pounds
(3) Over 130 to 140 pounds
not more than 5 pounds
(4) Over 140 to 175 pounds
not more than 7 pounds
(5) Over 175 to 200 pounds
not more than 12 pounds
(6) Over 200 pounds
no limit
(c)
				Notwithstanding subsection (b), a bout may be held, in which the professional
				boxers in different weight categories have a weight differential exceeding the
				maximum amount, if the:
(1) executive director
				or the executive director's designee approves the bout; and
(2) professional boxer who weighs less signs
				a liability waiver form.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 4 - Professional Boxing › Section 4-2 - Length of bouts

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 2.
(a) Bouts
				with male professional boxers may not be more than twelve (12) rounds of three
				(3) minutes duration per round.
(b)
				Bouts with female professional boxers may not be more than ten (10) rounds of
				two (2) minutes duration per round.
(c) In the bouts, each round must be
				separated by an intermission lasting one (1) minute in duration.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 4 - Professional Boxing › Section 4-3 - Fighting area requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 3.
(a) Bouts
				must be held in a ringed fighting area.
(b) A ringed fighting area must meet the
				following requirements:
(1) The fighting area
				floor must:
(A) be:
(i) not less than sixteen (16) feet by
				sixteen (16) feet; and
(ii) not more
				than twenty (20) feet by twenty (20) feet; when measured inside the line of the
				ropes;
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 4 - Professional Boxing › Section 4-4 - Uniform and equipment

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 4.
(a) When
				participating in a bout, a male professional boxer must wear:
(1) boxing shorts;
(2) soft-soled boxing shoes;
(3) a foul-proof cup; and
(4) an abdominal guard.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 4 - Professional Boxing › Section 4-5 - Hand wraps

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 5.
(a) Before
				participating in a bout, a professional boxer is required to wrap his or her
				hands in soft gauze cloth and white adhesive tape that has been approved by a
				commission representative or inspector prior to the hands being
				wrapped.
(b) The hand wraps on a
				professional boxer's hand must be:
(1) soft
				gauze cloth not more than:
(A) twenty (20)
				yards in length; and
(B) two (2)
				inches in width;
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 4 - Professional Boxing › Section 4-6 - Boxing gloves

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 6.
(a) When
				participating in a bout, a professional boxer must wear boxing gloves that are
				in good condition or the boxing gloves must be replaced.
(b) Boxing gloves must be at least:
(1) eight (8) ounces for the mini flyweight
				class through the welterweight class; and
(2) ten (10) ounces for the super
				welterweight class through the heavyweight class.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 4 - Professional Boxing › Section 4-7 - Corner men

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 7.
(a) An
				individual who wishes to participate as a corner man for a professional boxer
				at an event must hold a valid license as a:
(1) second;
(2) manager; or
(3) trainer.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 4 - Professional Boxing › Section 4-8 - Referees

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 8.
(a) There
				must be present at an event a minimum of one (1) referee appointed by the
				executive director or the executive director's designee to fulfill official
				duties during the event.
(b) The
				executive director or the executive director's designee may appoint additional
				referees for an event.
(c) Failure
				of a referee to comply with IC 4-33-22 and this article may result in immediate
				removal from the fighting area by a commission representative.
(d) The referee is the chief official who:
(1) has general supervision over the bout;
				and
(2) must be located in the
				fighting area.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 4 - Professional Boxing › Section 4-9 - Timekeepers

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 9.
(a) There
				must be present at an event a minimum of one (1) timekeeper appointed by the
				executive director or the executive director's designee to fulfill official
				duties during the bouts.
(b) The
				executive director or the executive director's designee may appoint an
				additional timekeeper for an event.
(c) Failure of the timekeeper to comply with
				IC 4-33-22 and this article may result in immediate removal from the fighting
				area by a commission representative.
(d) At the event, the timekeeper must
				provide:
(1) sound devices, unless acceptable
				sound devices are being provided by the venue; and
(2) two (2) stopwatches; that a commission
				representative has examined and approved.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 4 - Professional Boxing › Section 4-10 - Fouls

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 10.
(a) The
				following are fouls, whether intentional or accidental in nature, and may
				result in point deductions issued by the referee if committed during a bout:
(1) Hitting an opponent below the navel or
				behind the ear.
(2) Hitting an
				opponent who is down.
(3) Holding
				an opponent with one (1) hand and hitting with the other.
(4) Holding or deliberately maintaining a
				clinch.
(5) Wrestling, kicking, or
				roughing.
(6) Pushing an opponent
				about the fighting area or into the ropes.
(7) Butting with the head, shoulder, knee, or
				elbow.
(8) Hitting with the open
				glove, the butt or inside of the hand, or back of the hand, elbow, or
				wrist.
(9) Purposely falling down
				onto the fighting area floor without being hit or for the purpose of avoiding a
				blow.
(10) Striking deliberately at
				the part of the body over the kidneys.
(11) Pivoting while throwing a
				punch.
(12) Punches to the back of
				the head or neck area.
(13) Jabbing
				the eyes with the thumb of the glove.
(14) Use of abusive language or
				profanity.
(15) Unsportsmanlike
				conduct that causes an injury to an opponent that does not meet the standard of
				a fair blow.
(16) Hitting on the
				break.
(17) Intentionally spitting
				out the mouthpiece.
(18) Hitting
				out of the ropes.
(19) Holding the
				ropes and hitting.
(20) Biting or
				spitting.
(21) Failure to follow
				referee's instructions.
(22)
				Stepping on an opponent.
(23)
				Crouching below opponent's belt.
(24) Leaving the neutral corner.
(25) Corner man shouting.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 4 - Professional Boxing › Section 4-11 - Foul procedures

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 11.
(a) If a
				foul is committed, the referee must:
(1) call
				time-out;
(2) check the fouled
				professional boxer's condition;
(3)
				issue an appropriate point deduction for the committed foul to the offending
				professional boxer by immediately notifying:
(A) both professional boxers;
(B) both professional boxers' corner
				men;
(C) the judges; and
(D) the chief commission representative;
				and
(4) restart the bout
				as soon as practical.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 4 - Professional Boxing › Section 4-12 - Procedures for dislodged mouthpiece

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 12.
(a) If the
				referee believes that the mouthpiece has been ejected from a professional
				boxer's mouth as a result of a natural fight action, the referee must, at the
				first opportune moment and without interfering with the immediate action, do
				the following:
(1) Call time-out.
(2) Direct the professional boxer whose
				mouthpiece remains in place to retire to the furthest neutral corner.
(3) Take the other professional boxer to his
				or her corner.
(4) Direct the
				professional boxer's chief corner man to rinse the mouthpiece and place the
				mouthpiece back into the professional boxer's mouth.
(5) Direct that the round immediately
				continue without deducting points from the professional boxer who had his or
				her mouthpiece dislodged.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 4 - Professional Boxing › Section 4-13 - Scoring system

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 13.
(a) Bouts
				will be evaluated and scored by three (3) judges in accordance with the ten
				(10) point must scoring system, using the following criteria:
(1) Clean punching.
(2) Effective aggressiveness.
(3) Fighting area generalship.
(4) Defense.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 4 - Professional Boxing › Section 4-14 - Knockdown procedures

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 14.
(a) A
				referee may declare a professional boxer down when:
(1) a body part other than his or her feet is
				on the fighting area floor;
(2) he
				or she is being held up by the fighting area ropes; or
(3) he or she is hanging on, through, or over
				the fighting area ropes without the ability to protect himself or herself and
				cannot fall to the fighting area floor.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 4 - Professional Boxing › Section 4-15 - Bout results

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 15.
The following are the types of bout results:
(1) Technical knockout (TKO): When a bout
				ends by referee stoppage due to an:
(A)
				instance where the referee believes a professional boxer is entering a state of
				unconsciousness and is therefore unable to defend himself or herself;
				or
(B) injury as a result of a
				legal blow that is severe enough to prematurely stop the bout.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 4 - Professional Boxing › Section 4-16 - Exhibition bout

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 16.
(a) In an
				exhibition bout, a professional boxer must wear boxing gloves at least sixteen
				(16) ounces in weight and headgear approved by a commission
				representative.
(b) Both
				professional boxers must sign contracts stipulating that the bout will be an
				exhibition and a no decision shall be rendered.
(c) The executive director, the executive
				director's designee, or a commission representative may issue medical
				suspensions in accordance with this article for an exhibition bout.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 4 - Professional Boxing › Section 4-17 - Rest period

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 17.
A professional boxer who participates in a bout in any
				  jurisdiction of:
(1) ten (10) rounds
				or more may not be permitted to participate in another bout until seven (7)
				days have elapsed, starting with the first full calendar day after the previous
				bout; or
(2) less than ten (10)
				rounds may not be permitted to participate in another bout until three (3) days
				have elapsed, starting with the first full calendar day after the previous
				bout.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 5 - Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 5-1 - Weight classes

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 1.
(a)
				Professional mixed martial artists shall compete against each other based on
				the following weight categories:
(1) Flyweight
up to 125 pounds
(2) Bantamweight
over 125 to 135 pounds
(3) Featherweight
over 135 to 145 pounds
(4) Lightweight
over 145 to 155 pounds
(5) Welterweight
over 155 to 170 pounds
(6) Middleweight
over 170 to 185 pounds
(7) Light heavyweight
over 185 to 205 pounds
(8) Heavyweight
over 205 to 265 pounds
(9) Super heavyweight
over 265 pounds
(b) A
				bout may take place between professional mixed martial artists in different
				weight categories if the difference in weight between the professional mixed
				martial artists does not exceed the allowance shown in the following schedule:
(1) Up to 135 pounds
not more than 3 pounds
(2) Over 135 pounds to 170 pounds
not more than 5 pounds
(3) Over 170 pounds to 265 pounds
not more than 7 pounds
(4) Over 265 pounds
no limit
(c)
				Notwithstanding subsection (b), a bout may be held, in which the professional
				mixed martial artists in different weight categories have a weight differential
				exceeding the maximum amount, if the:
(1)
				executive director or the executive director's designee approves the bout;
				and
(2) professional mixed martial
				artist who weighs less signs a liability waiver form.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 5 - Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 5-2 - Length of bouts

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 2.
(a) A
				nonchampionship bout may not be more than three (3) rounds of five (5) minutes
				duration per round.
(b) A
				championship bout may not be more than five (5) rounds of five (5) minutes
				duration per round.
(c) In the
				bouts, each round must be separated by an intermission lasting one (1) minute
				in duration.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 5 - Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 5-3 - Fighting area requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 3.
(a) Bouts
				must be held in a caged or ringed fighting area.
(b) A caged fighting area must meet the
				following requirements:
(1) The fighting area
				floor must:
(A) be not less than eighteen (18)
				feet by eighteen (18) feet;
(B) be
				not more than thirty-two (32) feet by thirty-two (32) feet;
(C) be padded in a manner as approved by a
				commission representative, with at least one (1) inch layer of foam
				padding;
(D) not be more than four
				(4) feet above the floor of the building;
(E) have at least one (1) set of suitable
				steps or a ramp to provide entry onto the fighting area floor; and
(F) be enclosed by a fence made of such
				material as will not allow a professional mixed martial artist to fall out or
				break through it onto the venue floor or spectators, such as vinyl-coated chain
				link fencing.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 5 - Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 5-4 - Uniform and equipment

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 4.
(a) When
				participating in a bout, a male professional mixed martial artist must wear:
(1) shorts that have been approved by a
				commission representative or inspector; and
(2) a foul-proof cup.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 5 - Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 5-5 - Hand wraps

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 5.
(a) Before
				participating in a bout, a professional mixed martial artist is required to
				wrap his or her hands in soft gauze cloth and white adhesive tape that has been
				approved by a commission representative or inspector prior to the hands being
				wrapped.
(b) The hand wraps on a
				professional mixed martial artist's hand must be:
(1) soft gauze cloth not more than:
(A) fifteen (15) yards in length;
				and
(B) two (2) inches in
				width;
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 5 - Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 5-6 - Mixed martial arts gloves

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 6.
(a) When
				participating in a bout, a professional mixed martial artist must wear mixed
				martial arts gloves that are in good condition or the gloves must be
				replaced.
(b) Professional mixed
				martial artists must wear mixed martial arts gloves approved by the commission
				ranging in:
(1) weight between four (4) ounces
				and eight (8) ounces; and
(2) size
				between small and 5X-large.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 5 - Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 5-7 - Corner men

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 7.
(a) An
				individual who wishes to participate as a corner man for a professional mixed
				martial artist at an event must hold a valid license as a:
(1) second;
(2) manager; or
(3) trainer.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 5 - Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 5-8 - Referees

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 8.
(a) There
				must be present at an event a minimum of one (1) referee appointed by the
				executive director or the executive director's designee to fulfill official
				duties during the event.
(b) The
				executive director or the executive director's designee may appoint additional
				referees for an event.
(c) Failure
				of a referee to comply with IC 4-33-22 and this article may result in immediate
				removal from the fighting area by a commission representative.
(d) The referee is the chief official who:
(1) has general supervision over the bout;
				and
(2) must be located in the
				fighting area.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 5 - Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 5-9 - Timekeepers

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 9.
(a) There
				must be present at each event a minimum of one (1) timekeeper appointed by the
				executive director or the executive director's designee to fulfill official
				duties during the bouts.
(b) The
				executive director or the executive director's designee may appoint an
				additional timekeeper for an event.
(c) Failure of the timekeeper to comply with
				IC 4-33-22 and this article may result in immediate removal from the fighting
				area by a commission representative.
(d) At the event, the timekeeper must
				provide:
(1) sound devices, unless acceptable
				sound devices are being provided by the venue; and
(2) two (2) stopwatches; that a commission
				representative has examined and approved.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 5 - Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 5-10 - Fouls

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 10.
(a) The
				following are fouls, whether intentional or accidental in nature, and may
				result in point deductions issued by the referee if committed during a bout:
(1) Holding or grabbing the fence or ropes
				with either the:
(A) fingers; or
(B) toes.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 5 - Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 5-11 - Foul procedures

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 11.
(a) If a
				foul is committed that causes injury to the fouled professional mixed martial
				artist, the referee must:
(1) call
				time-out;
(2) check the fouled
				professional mixed martial artist's condition;
(3) direct the offending professional mixed
				martial artist to the neutral corner furthest away from his or her designated
				corner;
(4) issue an appropriate
				point deduction for the committed foul to the offending professional mixed
				martial artist by immediately notifying:
(A)
				both professional mixed martial artists;
(B) both professional mixed martial artist's
				corner men;
(C) the judges;
				and
(D) the chief commission
				representative; and
(5)
				restart the bout so that both professional mixed martial artists assume the
				same position as the one prior to the time-out being called.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 5 - Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 5-12 - Procedures for dislodged mouthpiece

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 12.
(a) If the
				referee believes that the mouthpiece has been ejected from a professional mixed
				martial artist's mouth as a result of a natural fight action, the referee must,
				at the first opportune moment and without interfering with the immediate
				action, do the following:
(1) Call
				time-out.
(2) Direct both of the
				professional mixed martial artists to remain in their current
				position.
(3) Either:
(A) immediately give the mouthpiece to the
				professional mixed martial artist to reinsert;
(B) clean the mouthpiece and then give the
				mouthpiece to the professional mixed martial artist to reinsert; or
(C) order the professional mixed martial
				artist's chief corner man to clean and reinsert the mouthpiece.
(4) Direct that the round
				immediately continue without deducting points from the professional mixed
				martial artist who had his or her mouthpiece dislodged.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 5 - Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 5-13 - Legal fighting techniques

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 13.
Legal fighting techniques that may be used by professional
				  mixed martial artists during a bout include, but are not limited to, the
				  following:
(1) Strikes with the
				following:
(A) Hands.
(B) Feet.
(C) Knees.
(D) Elbows.
(E) Forearms.
(F) Shoulders.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 5 - Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 5-14 - Scoring system

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 14.
(a) Bouts
				will be evaluated and scored by three (3) judges in accordance with the ten
				(10) point must scoring system.
(b)
				A judge must evaluate mixed martial arts techniques in the following order of
				importance:
(1) Effective striking and
				grappling.
(2) Control of the
				fighting area.
(3) Effective
				aggressiveness.
(4) Effective
				defense.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 5 - Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 5-15 - Bout results

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 15.
The following are the types of bout results:
(1) Submission (SM): When a bout ends as a
				result of a professional mixed martial artist physically tapping out or
				verbally quitting as a result of a legal submission hold or another legal
				attack.
(2) Technical knockout
				(TKO): When a bout ends due to a professional mixed martial artist being unable
				to intelligently defend himself or herself after taking excessive punishment
				during a bout.
(3) Knockout (KO):
				When a bout ends as the result of a professional mixed martial artist being
				rendered unconscious due to his or her opponent's legal attack.
(4) Referee stops contest (RSC): When a bout
				ends as the result of a professional mixed martial artist taking punishment and
				cannot escape or will not submit or quit. The referee may stop the bout prior
				to excessive damage with no chance of the defending professional mixed martial
				artist improving his or her position.
(5) Doctor stoppage (DS): When a bout ends as
				the result of the event physician's determination that the safety of the
				professional mixed martial artist is in question or an injury will lessen the
				professional mixed martial artist's ability to perform.
(6) Technical submission (TS): When a bout
				ends as the result of a legal submission hold that may:
(A) render a professional mixed martial
				artist unconscious; or
(B) dislodge
				a joint; and the professional mixed martial artist does not or cannot tap
				out.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 5 - Professional Mixed Martial Arts › Section 5-16 - Rest period

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 16.
(a) A
				professional mixed martial artist who participates in a bout at a sanctioned
				event in any jurisdiction may not participate in another bout until not less
				than seven (7) days have elapsed starting with the first full calendar day
				after the previous bout.
(b) A
				professional mixed martial artist who participates in a bout at a nonsanctioned
				event in any jurisdiction may not participate in another bout until not less
				than sixty (60) days have elapsed starting with the first full calendar day
				after the previous bout.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 6 - Amateur Mixed Martial Arts › Section 6-1 - Definitions for amateur mixed martial arts

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-18
Affected: IC 4-33-22; IC 25-22.5
Sec. 1.
(a) The
				following definitions apply only to amateur mixed martial arts conducted under
				IC
				4-33-22-18.
(b) "Event" means:
(1) a professional-amateur mixed martial
				arts; or
(2) an amateur mixed
				martial arts; match, contest, exhibition, or performance.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 6 - Amateur Mixed Martial Arts › Section 6-2 - License fees

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-18
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 2.
(a)
				Applications for licensure and renewal are subject to the following
				nonrefundable and nontransferable fees:
(1) Mixed martial arts promoter
$300
(2) Amateur mixed martial arts sanctioning body
$500
(b)
				The licenses listed in subsection (a) expire on September 30 of each
				year.
(c) Licenses must be renewed
				by paying the renewal fee and submitting the completed appropriate renewal
				form.
(d) If a licensee fails to
				pay the renewal fee and submit the completed renewal form on or before the
				expiration date of the license, the license becomes invalid.
(e) For an amateur mixed martial artist to
				obtain or renew a mixed martial arts national identification card, he or she
				must pay a nonrefundable, nontransferable fee of ten dollars ($10).
(f) An amateur mixed martial artist must pay
				a nonrefundable, nontransferable replacement fee of twenty dollars ($20) for a
				replacement mixed martial arts national identification card.
(g) An application for a license is abandoned
				without an action by the commission if the applicant does not complete the
				requirements for obtaining the license within one (1) year after the date on
				which the application was filed. An application submitted after the abandonment
				of an application is considered a new application.
(h) Licensees must submit, in writing, to the
				executive director or the executive director's designee the following
				information, when applicable:
(1) Name
				changes.
(2) Changes in
				address.
(3) Changes in telephone
				number.
(4) Changes in e-mail
				address.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 6 - Amateur Mixed Martial Arts › Section 6-3 - Promoter's license

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-18
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 3.
(a) A
				company that seeks to act as a promoter for an event must first obtain a
				license as a promoter under IC
				4-33-22-18
				and this rule.
(b) An applicant for
				a promoter's license must submit the following:
(1) A completed promoter's application
				form.
(2) Clear photocopies of
				current government issued photographic identification cards that affirm that:
(A) the principal owner;
(B) substantial owners; and
(C) key persons; are at least twenty-one (21)
				years of age.
(3) One (1)
				digital photograph of:
(A) the principal
				owner;
(B) substantial owners;
				and
(C) key persons; that shows
				head and shoulders only, without a hat, and in a natural
				pose.
(4) The required
				application fee under this rule.
(5) The information necessary for the
				executive director or the executive director's designee to conduct a criminal
				history background check for:
(A) the
				principal owner;
(B) substantial
				owners; and
(C) key
				persons.
(6) Additional
				information requested by the executive director or the executive director's
				designee that is necessary to determine the applicant's suitability to act as a
				promoter under IC
				4-33-22-18
				and this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 6 - Amateur Mixed Martial Arts › Section 6-4 - Sanctioning body license

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-18
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 4.
(a) A
				company that seeks to act as a sanctioning body for an event must first obtain
				a license as a sanctioning body under IC
				4-33-22-18
				and this rule.
(b) An applicant for
				a sanctioning body license must submit the following:
(1) A completed sanctioning body application
				form.
(2) Clear photocopies of
				current government issued photographic identification cards that affirm that:
(A) the principal owner;
(B) substantial owners; and
(C) key persons; are at least twenty-one (21)
				years of age.
(3) One (1)
				digital photograph of:
(A) the principal
				owner;
(B) substantial owners;
				and
(C) key persons; that shows
				head and shoulders only, without a hat, and in a natural pose.
(4) The application fee required
				under this rule.
(5) Information
				necessary for the executive director or the executive director's designee to
				conduct a criminal history background check for:
(A) the principal owner;
(B) substantial owners; and
(C) key persons.
(6) Additional information requested by the
				executive director or the executive director's designee that is necessary to
				determine the applicant's suitability to act as a sanctioning body under IC
				4-33-22-18
				and this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 6 - Amateur Mixed Martial Arts › Section 6-6 - Sanctioning body policies and internal controls

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-18
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC 4-33-22
Sec. 6.
(a) In
				addition to the other items required under this rule, an applicant for a
				license as a sanctioning body must provide its policies and internal controls
				used to ensure the enforcement of its rules and regulations when providing
				oversight of an event.
(b) The
				proposed policies and internal controls required must include the following:
(1) The criteria for assigning officials at
				an event.
(2) Information
				concerning training programs or certifications the applicant requires of
				officials it assigns to an event.
(3) A procedure for approving or denying
				bouts.
(4) A procedure for ensuring
				that the amateur mixed martial artists have the required medical documents
				required under this rule.
(5) A
				procedure for ensuring that hand wraps and gloves have been approved by the
				sanctioning body before amateur mixed martial artist participates in a
				bout.
(6) A procedure regarding the
				determination of the:
(A) medical;
				and
(B) administrative; suspensions
				that a sanctioning body may issue against an amateur mixed martial
				artist.
(7) A procedure
				for the administration of drug tests after an amateur mixed martial artist's
				bout.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 6 - Amateur Mixed Martial Arts › Section 6-7 - Reporting requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-18
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 7.
(a) A
				promoter who wishes to promote an event must provide to the executive director
				or the executive director's designee the following information not less than
				fourteen (14) days before the proposed event:
(1) The date and starting time of the
				event.
(2) The name of the venue,
				including the address, where the event will take place.
(3) The name of the sanctioning body that
				will be providing regulatory oversight of the event.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 6 - Amateur Mixed Martial Arts › Section 6-8 - Medical requirements for amateur mixed martial artists

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-18
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 8.
(a) An
				amateur mixed martial artist is not permitted to participate in an amateur
				mixed martial arts bout without the following:
(1) A mixed martial arts national
				identification card.
(2) Laboratory
				results, not more than one (1) year old from the date of the event, affirming
				the negative test results of the amateur mixed martial artist for the
				following:
(A) Antibodies to the human
				immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
(B)
				The surface antigen of the hepatitis B virus.
(C) Antibodies to the hepatitis C
				virus.
(3) From a
				licensed physician, a written statement, not more than one (1) year old from
				the date of the event the amateur mixed martial artist seeks to participate in,
				affirming that the amateur mixed martial artist:
(A) has undergone a thorough medical
				examination; and
(B) is physically
				fit and qualified to participate in amateur mixed martial arts. Pre-bout
				physicals required under section 10 of this rule do not satisfy this
				requirement.
(4) For
				female amateur mixed martial artists:
(A)
				laboratory results, not more than five (5) days old from the date of the event,
				affirming the negative test results for pregnancy; or
(B) two (2) negative over-the-counter
				pregnancy tests, taken by the amateur mixed martial artist, and verified by the
				sanctioning body and the event physician, on-site at the event.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 6 - Amateur Mixed Martial Arts › Section 6-9 - Event physicians

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-18
Affected: IC 4-33-22; IC 25-22.5
Sec. 9.
(a) There
				must be present at an event a minimum of one (1) event physician licensed under
				IC 25-22.5 who has been:
(1) selected by the
				promoter; and
(2) approved by the
				sanctioning body.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 6 - Amateur Mixed Martial Arts › Section 6-10 - Pre-bout physical examination

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-18
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 10.
(a) When
				scheduled to participate in an amateur mixed martial arts bout, an amateur
				mixed martial artist must be examined by the event physician not more than two
				(2) hours prior to the scheduled start time of the event.
(b) If the event physician so finds, he or
				she must certify, in writing, over his or her signature, that the amateur mixed
				martial artist is physically fit to participate in the event. The event
				physician's certification of physical fitness to participate must be delivered
				to a sanctioning body representative before the event.
(c) An amateur mixed martial artist who fails
				to obtain the event physician's certification of physical fitness required
				under this section shall not be permitted to participate in an amateur mixed
				martial arts bout.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION › Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS › Rule 6 - Amateur Mixed Martial Arts › Section 6-11 - Medical personnel

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-33-22-18
Affected: IC 4-33-22; IC 16-31-3
Sec. 11.
(a) The
				following must be present on-site while a bout is in progress:
(1) A minimum of one (1) advanced life
				support ambulance, fully equipped in accordance with 836 IAC 2.
(2) Adequate medical personnel to staff said
				ambulance who are certified under IC 16-31-3 to provide advanced life support
				patient care.