Time Required to Elapse Before Unarmed Combatant Competes in Successive Contest or Exhibition
Effective Jan 27, 2017Mass. Register #1331MGL c. 147, § 46Massachusetts State Athletic Commission (MSAC)
(1) With respect to contests or exhibitions of unarmed combat, except for mixed martial arts, without the special permission of the Commission, an unarmed combatant may not compete unless:
- (a) Four days have elapsed since their last contest or exhibition if the contest or exhibition lasted not more than four rounds.
- (b) Seven days have elapsed since their last contest or exhibition if the contest or exhibition lasted five or six rounds.
- (c) 14 days have elapsed since their last contest or exhibition if the contest or exhibition lasted seven or eight rounds.
- (d) 21 days have elapsed since their last contest or exhibition if the contest or exhibition lasted nine or ten rounds.
- (e) 30 days have elapsed since their last contest or exhibition if the contest or exhibition lasted 11 or 12 rounds.
- (2) With respect to mixed martial arts contests or exhibitions, without the special permission of the Commission, an unarmed combatant may not compete unless four days have elapsed for each round completed in their last competition.