Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 230 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE, OREGON STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION › Division 130 - CONDUCT OF BOUT - MUAY THAI/ KICKBOXING › Section 230-130-0560 - Method of Counting; Knockdown; Knockout; Technical Draw

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) When a competitor 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 competitor who is down. The referee shall audibly announce the passing of
			 each second, accompanying the count with motions of his or her arm, with the
			 downward motion indicating the end of each second.
(2) A knockdown is made by way of feet, knee,
			 elbow or hand strike. Tripping an opponent does not constitute a
			 knockdown.
(3) The timekeeper, by
			 effective signaling, shall give the referee the correct 1-second interval for
			 the count. The referee's count is the official count. Once the referee picks up
			 the count from the timekeeper, the timekeeper shall cease counting. No
			 competitor who is knocked down may be allowed to resume competing until the
			 referee has finished counting to eight. The competitor may take the count
			 either on the floor or standing.
(4) If the opponent fails to stay in the
			 farthest corner, the referee shall cease counting until the opponent 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 competitor who is down arises before
			 the count of 10, the referee may step between the competitors long enough to
			 assure himself or herself that the competitor who has just arisen is in
			 condition to continue. If so assured, the referee shall, without loss of time,
			 order both competitors to go on with the contest or exhibition. During the
			 intervention by the referee, the striking of a blow by either competitor may be
			 ruled a foul.
(5) When a competitor
			 is knocked out, the referee shall perform a full 10-second count unless, in the
			 judgment of the referee, the safety of the competitor would be jeopardized by
			 such a count. If the competitor 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.
(6) If both competitors go down at the same
			 time, the count must be continued as long as one is still down. If both
			 competitors remain down until the count of 10, the contest or exhibition must
			 be stopped and the decision is a technical draw.
(7) If a competitor is down and the referee
			 is in the course of counting at the end of a period of competitor, the bell
			 indicating the end of the period of competitor must not be sounded, but the
			 bell must be sounded as soon as the downed competitor regains his or her
			 feet.
(8) When a competitor has
			 been knocked down before the normal termination of a period of unarmed combat
			 and the period of competitor terminates before he or she has arisen from the
			 floor of the ring, the referee's count must be continued. If the competitor 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.
(9) If a legal blow struck in the final
			 seconds of a period of competitor causes a competitor 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.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  463.113
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  463.113