1. (a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
2. (b) “Boxing” includes sparring.
3. (c) “Commission” means the State Athletic Commission.

4. (d)

   1. (1) “Contest” means a boxing, kick boxing, or wrestling:

      1. (i) competition;
      2. (ii) exhibition;
      3. (iii) match;
      4. (iv) performance; or
      5. (v) show.

   2. (2) “Contest” includes a mixed martial arts:

      1. (i) competition;
      2. (ii) match;
      3. (iii) performance; or
      4. (iv) show.
   3. (3) “Contest” does not include a mixed martial arts exhibition.
5. (e) “Contestant” means an individual who participates in a boxing, professional kick boxing, amateur kick boxing, professional mixed martial arts, or amateur mixed martial arts contest.

6. (f) “Mixed martial arts” means a competition in which contestants use interdisciplinary forms of fighting, including various forms of martial arts, involving:

   1. (1) striking with the hands, feet, knees, or elbows; and
   2. (2) grappling by take-downs, throws, submissions, or choke holds.

7. (g) “Mixed martial arts exhibition” means mixed martial arts where:

   1. (1) contact to the body is permitted in only a restrained manner;
   2. (2) contact to the head is not permitted; and
   3. (3) no contact is permitted that may result, or is intended to result, in physical harm to an opponent.

Added by Acts 1992, c. 4, § 2. Amended by Acts 1993, c. 148; Acts 2008, c. 607, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2008; Acts 2008, c. 608, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2008; Acts 2013, c. 101, § 1, eff. July 1, 2013.