Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 1-299 - Professional Services › SPS 190-199 - Unarmed Combat Sports › Chapter SPS 192 - Unarmed Combat Sports › Subchapter V - Conducting Mixed Martial Arts at Events › Section SPS 192.45 - Fouls

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The referee may caution, warn, or
					 penalize a contestant for committing a foul.
(2) The penalty for a foul may be a deduction
					 of points or disqualification. Any points deducted for a foul shall be deducted
					 in the round in which the foul occurred. Disqualification may occur after
					 multiple fouls or if the referee determines a foul is flagrant.
(3) If a bottom contestant commits a foul and
					 in the referee's judgment is not in control, unless the top contestant is
					 injured, the bout shall continue so as not to jeopardize the top contestant's
					 superior positioning at the time.
(4) The referee shall verbally notify the
					 bottom contestant of the foul.
(5)
					 If an injury results from a foul and is severe enough to terminate the bout,
					 the contestant causing the injury loses by disqualification.
(6) If an intentional foul causes an injury
					 and the bout is allowed to continue, a mandatory 2-point penalty shall be
					 assessed to the contestant committing the foul.
(7) When an injury sustained by a contestant
					 as a result of an intentional foul causes the contestant to be unable to
					 continue at a subsequent point, the injured contestant shall win by a technical
					 decision, if they are ahead on the score cards. If the injured contestant is
					 even or behind on the score card at the time of the stoppage, the bout shall be
					 declared a technical draw.
(8) If a
					 bout is stopped because of an unintentional foul, the referee shall determine
					 whether the contestant who has been fouled can continue or not. If the
					 contestant's chance of winning has not been seriously jeopardized as a result
					 of the foul, and if the foul did not involve concussive impact to the head of
					 the contestant who has been fouled, the referee may order the bout continued
					 after a recuperative interval of not more than 5 minutes. Immediately after
					 stopping the bout or at the end of the round, the referee shall immediately
					 inform the inspector, commissioner, or department representative of their
					 determination that the foul was accidental and unintentional.
(9) If the referee determines either from
					 their observation or that of the ringside physician that the bout may not
					 continue because of the injury from the unintentional foul, the bout shall be
					 declared a no contest if the foul occurred before completion of the first 2
					 rounds of a non-championship bout, or before completion of the first 3 rounds
					 of a championship bout.
(10) If an
					 unintentional foul renders the contestant unable to continue the bout, or an
					 injury from an intentional foul later becomes aggravated by fair blows and the
					 referee stops the bout because of the injury, after the completion of the
					 second round in a non-championship bout or 3-round bout, or after the
					 completion of the third round of a championship bout or 5-round bout, the
					 outcome shall be determined by scoring the completed rounds and the partial
					 round at which the referee stopped the bout.
(11) A contestant may not be declared the
					 winner of a bout on the basis of their claim that the opponent fouled them
					 unintentionally by hitting them in the groin. If after a recuperative interval
					 of not more than 5 minutes a contestant is unwilling to continue because of the
					 claim of being hit in the groin, the bout will be declared a no contest if the
					 second round has not been completed in a 3-round bout or the third round has
					 not been completed in a 5-round bout.
(12)
(a)
					 Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), types of fouls in a mixed martial arts
					 bout are those identified in the ABC's unified rules for mixed martial
					 arts.
(b) An illegal strike to the
					 back of the head, resulting in a foul, include a strike in the nape of the neck
					 area up to the top of the ears, and a strike in the mohawk area from the top of
					 the ears to the crown of the head, or the area where the head begins to curve,
					 as specified in the ABC's unified rules.
(c) The following are additional fouls for
					 amateur contestants:
1. An elbow or forearm
					 strike.
2. Any strike to the head
					 with the knee.
3. Cranking the neck
					 or using any hold that places a contestant's neck in jeopardy from a
					 crank.
4. Any leg submission except
					 a kneebar or straight ankle lock.
5. A hand choke.
6. Striking against the knees including any
					 strike to or around the knee joint.
7. A spinal crank or lock.