Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 1-299 - Professional Services › SPS 190-199 - Unarmed Combat Sports › Chapter SPS 193 - License Applications and permits › Section SPS 193.12 - Permits

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A licensed promoter or club who wishes to
				  conduct a professional or amateur mixed martial arts event shall, before
				  conducting an event, obtain a permit from the department. An application for a
				  permit to conduct an event shall be submitted to the department at least 30
				  calendar days before the proposed date of the event and no more than 90
				  calendar days before an event by a promoter or an authorized representative of
				  a licensed professional club, corporation or association on forms provided by
				  the department and shall include all of the following:
Note: Applications for permits are available from the
					 Department of Safety and Professional Services, Division of Professional
					 Credentialing, 1400 E. Washington Avenue, P.O. Box 8935, Madison, Wisconsin
					 53708, or from the department's website at:
http://dsps.wi.gov
.
(a) The name, address, phone number and
				  license number of the promoter or professional club, corporation or
				  association.
(b) The name and
				  license number of the matchmaker, the promoter, or professional club,
				  corporation or association's plans to use for the event. If the matchmaker is
				  not licensed in Wisconsin, the event permit application shall include the
				  proposed matchmaker's application for licensure along with all required
				  documents.
(c) The proposed date,
				  starting time, and location of the event as well as all of the following
				  information regarding the venue:
1. Name and
				  address.
2. Seating
				  capacity.
3. A floor plan which
				  indicates the dressing room locations and fire exits.
4. Name and telephone number of the primary
				  contact person of the proposed venue.
5. Evidence satisfactory to the department
				  that the promoter or professional club has entered into a valid agreement with
				  the owner or manager of the venue where the proposed mixed martial arts event
				  will be conducted.
(d)
				  Information regarding whether the proposed event will be all professional, all
				  amateur, or combined professional and amateur, the number of rounds for each
				  scheduled bout, and the proposed number of professional bouts and amateur
				  bouts.
(e) A minimum number of 24
				  rounds and 8 bouts shall be scheduled. The commissioner or department
				  representative may grant a waiver of rounds.
(f) All combined professional and amateur
				  events shall start with the amateur bouts. The intermixing of professional and
				  amateur bouts as well as conducting mixed martial arts events in combination
				  with other forms of single combat sports is not allowed, pursuant to s.
				  444.01(1j)
				  (a), Stats.
(g) A non-refundable $300 dollar permit
				  application processing fee pursuant to s.
				  444.02(3),
				  Stats.
(h) The preliminary fight
				  card for the event which shall include all of the following:
1. The name and weight class of each of the
				  proposed mixed martial arts contestants in each bout.
2. The contestant's Wisconsin license
				  number.
3. The contestant's
				  Association of Boxing Commission's mixed martial arts national identification
				  number.
4. The contestant's contest
				  history.
5. The names and Wisconsin
				  license numbers of the contestant's seconds and manager.
6. Proposed purse.
(i) A detailed plan to provide medical
				  personnel and equipment for the event and for evacuating a seriously injured
				  contestant to a hospital, including the name of the promoter or professional
				  club's representative responsible for evacuating an injured contestant, a
				  detailed evacuation route, method of removal from the contest area, the means
				  of transportation to the hospital, and the name of the nearest hospital,
				  pursuant to s.
				  444.095(2)
				  (c) and (d), Stats.
(j) A detailed plan to furnish adequate
				  police or private security forces for the protection of the
				  spectators.
(k) The date, time and
				  location of the official weigh-in and physical examination.
(L) Proof of having obtained the insurance
				  required by s.
				  444.18,
				  Stats.
(m) Proof of having complied
				  with s.
				  444.035, Stats., and s.
				  SPS
				  193.01.
(n) The admission fee of all tickets and the
				  proposed number of tickets, including the number and proposed value of
				  complimentary tickets.