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 I - Authority, Scope, and Definitions › Section SPS 192.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1) "ABC's unified rules" means the unified
					 rules of mixed martial arts, professional boxing, or other unarmed combat sport
					 as adopted by the Association of Boxing Commissions.
Note:
The ABC's unified rules are available
						at www.abcboxing.com.
(2)
					 "Amateur" means an individual who is not compensated or paid for competing in
					 an unarmed combat sports bout or exhibition.
(3) "Anabolic steroid" has the meaning given
					 in s.
					 961.01(2m)
					 (a), Stats.
(4) "Bout" means unarmed combat between 2
					 contestants.
(5) "Boxer" means a
					 contestant who competes in a boxing bout.
(6) "Cage" means a fenced enclosure in which
					 promotional organizations hold unarmed combat bouts.
(7) "Commissioner" means a person duly
					 authorized to represent the department in administering the regulation of
					 unarmed combat sports events.
(8)
					 "Contestant" means a person licensed by the department who competes in an
					 unarmed combat bout.
(9)
					 "Controlled substance" has the meaning given in s.
					 961.01(4),
					 Stats.
(10) "Corner" means the
					 portion of the fighting area that is reserved for a contestant and the
					 contestant's seconds between rounds.
(11) "Department" means the department of
					 safety and professional services.
(12) "Drug" means a controlled
					 substance.
(13) "Event" means an
					 organized contest or exhibition of unarmed combat sports.
(14) "Grappling" means techniques of
					 throwing, locking, holding, and wrestling, as opposed to kicking and punching
					 an opposing contestant.
(15)
					 "Kickboxing" means the act of attack and defense with the fists and feet that
					 is practiced as a sport under the rules described under subch. VI, or
					 substantially similar rules.
(16)
					 "Mixed martial arts" or "mixed martial arts bout" has the meaning given "mixed
					 martial arts fighting" in s.
					 444.01(1j),
					 Stats.
(17) "Mixed martial arts
					 contestant" means a person licensed by the department who competes in a mixed
					 martial arts bout.
(18) "Muay Thai"
					 means the act of attack and defense with the fists, forearms, elbows, knees,
					 shins, and feet and clinching techniques that is practiced as a sport under the
					 rules described under subch. VII, or substantially similar rules.
(19) "Official" means a referee, judge,
					 timekeeper, ringside physician, inspector, or department representative
					 involved in conducting an unarmed combat sports event.
(20) "Permit" means a credential issued to a
					 promoter or professional club to conduct a specific unarmed combat sports
					 event.
(21) "Professional" means an
					 individual who is compensated or paid for competing in an unarmed combat sports
					 bout or exhibition.
(22)
					 "Professional club" means a club licensed under ch. 444, Stats., to conduct
					 unarmed combat sports events.
(23)
					 "Promoter" means any person, club, corporation, or association, and in the case
					 of a corporate promoter includes any officer, director, employee, or
					 stockholder, who conducts, produces, arranges, or stages an unarmed combat
					 sports event.
(24) "Second" means
					 an assistant to a contestant during a bout, unless the context requires
					 otherwise.
(25) "Unarmed combat"
					 has the meaning given "unarmed combat sports" in s.
					 444.01(5),
					 Stats.