Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 523 CMR - STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION (FORMERLY, STATE BOXING COMMISSION) › Title 523 CMR 23.00 - Southeast Asian Kickboxing › Section 23.29 - Procedure after a Knock-out or Technical Knock-out

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) When an unarmed combatant is knocked
			 down, the referee shall order the opponent to retire to the farthest neutral
			 corner of the ring, by pointing to the corner, and shall immediately begin the
			 count over the unarmed combatant who is down. The referee shall audibly
			 announce the passing of the seconds, accompanying the count with motions of his
			 or her arm, with the downward motion indicating the end of each
			 second.
(2) No unarmed combatant
			 who is knocked down may be allowed to resume competing until the referee has
			 finished counting to eight. The unarmed combatant may take the count either on
			 the floor or standing.
(3) If the
			 opponent fails to stay in the farthest corner, the referee shall cease counting
			 until he or she has returned to his or her corner and shall then go on with the
			 count from the point at which it was interrupted. If the unarmed combatant who
			 is down arises before the count of 10, the referee may step between the unarmed
			 combatants long enough to assure himself or herself that the unarmed combatant
			 who has just arisen is in condition to continue. If so assured, he or she
			 shall, without loss of time, order both unarmed combatants to go on with the
			 contest or exhibition. During the intervention by the referee, the striking of
			 a blow by either unarmed combatant may be ruled a foul.
(4) When an unarmed combatant is knocked out,
			 the referee shall perform a full 10-second count unless, in the judgment of the
			 referee, the safety of the unarmed combatant would be jeopardized by such a
			 count. If the unarmed combatant who is knocked down is still down when the
			 referee calls the count of 10, the referee shall wave both arms to indicate
			 that he or she has been knocked out.
(5) If both unarmed combatants go down at the
			 same time, the count must be continued as long as one is still down. If both
			 unarmed combatants remain down until the count of 10, the contest or exhibition
			 must be stopped and the decision is a technical draw.
(6) If an unarmed combatant is down and the
			 referee is in the course of counting at the end of a period of unarmed combat,
			 the bell indicating the end of the period of unarmed combat shall not be
			 sounded, but the bell shall be sounded as soon as the downed unarmed combatant
			 regains his or her feet.
(7) When
			 an unarmed combatant has been knocked down before the normal termination of a
			 period of unarmed combat and the period of unarmed combat terminates before he
			 or she has arisen from the floor of the ring, the referee's count must be
			 continued. If the unarmed combatant who is down fails to arise before the count
			 of 10, he or she is considered to have lost the contest or exhibition by a
			 knockout in the round containing the period of unarmed combat that was just
			 concluded.
(8) If a legal blow
			 struck in the final seconds of a period of unarmed combat causes an unarmed
			 combatant to go down after the bell has sounded, that knockdown must be
			 regarded as having occurred during the period of unarmed combat just ended and
			 the appropriate count must continue.
(9) If a combatant is knocked unconscious or
			 injured, only the physician, the referee, and representative of the Commission
			 are allowed in the ring. Any others may only enter at the physician's
			 discretion.
(10) A combatant losing
			 by a K.O. or T.K.O. shall be immediately treated and undergo a physical
			 examination by the ringside physician.
(11) Without the special permission of the
			 Commission, a combatant may not compete in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
			 unless four days for each round that their last contest or exhibition of
			 Southeast Asian Kickboxing lasted have elapsed.