PURPOSE: This rule defines various terms used in the rules governing mixed martial arts.

1. (1) “Announcer”—a person responsible for announcing the names of the officials, the contestants, the contestants’ weights, and the decisions of the referee and judges during a bout.
2. (2) “Bout”—one (1) match involving professional mixed martial arts contestants.
3. (3) “Contest”—a group of bouts involving licensed contestants competing in professional mixed martial arts.
4. (4) “Contestant”—any human being who enters the fighting area to compete against another human being during a professional mixed martial arts event.
5. (5) “Fighting area”—the ring, cage or physical area of the event site where the contestants compete during the mixed martial arts bout or contest.
6. (6) “Inspector”—a person employed by the Office of Athletics to attend professional mixed martial arts events to ensure that all laws are adhered to by licensees of the Office of Athletics.
7. (7) “Judge”—a person serving as a member of a judging panel for professional mixed martial arts. The panel is responsible for determining a decision in each bout.
8. (8) “Manager”—one who, for compensation, directs or controls the professional activities of any contestant.
9. (9) “Mixed martial arts”—any bout or contest in which any form of martial arts or selfdefense is conducted on a full-contact basis for valuable consideration where weapons are not used and where other combative techniques or tactics are allowed in competition, including, chokeholds, boxing, wrestling, kickboxing, grappling and/or joint manipulation. As defined by section 317.001(12), RSMo mixed martial arts events constitute professional full-contact karate.
10. (10) “Matchmaker”—a person responsible for matching the contestants for a bout(s) as to weight and experience.
11. (11) “Office”—the Missouri Office of Athletics.
12. (12) “Official”—referee(s), judge(s), matchmaker(s), manager(s), second(s), announcer(s), timekeeper(s) and physician(s) involved in professional mixed martial arts contests.
13. (13) “Permit”—authorization from the office to hold a professional mixed martial arts event in the state of Missouri.
14. (14) “Physician”—a person who is licensed as a doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy under Chapter 334, RSMo and who has received a license as a physician from the office for professional full-contact karate contests.
15. (15) “Professional boxing”—the sport of attack and defense which uses the fist protected by gloves or mittens fashioned of leather or similar material where contestants compete for valuable consideration. Such contests take place in a rope-enclosed ring and are fought in timed rounds.
16. (16) “Professional full-contact karate”—any form of full-contact martial arts, including but not limited to, kickboxing, kungfu, tae kwan-do or any form of self-defense conducted on a full-contact basis in a bout or contest where weapons are not used and where contestants compete for valuable consideration. Such contests take place in an enclosed fighting area and are fought in timed rounds. As defined by section 317.001(12), RSMo “professional full-contact karate” includes, but is not limited to, mixed martial arts.
17. (17) “Professional kickboxing”—any form of boxing in which blows are delivered with any part of the arm below the shoulder, including the hand and any part of the leg below the hip, including the foot, and where contestants compete for valuable consideration. Such contests take place in a rope-enclosed ring and are fought in timed rounds.
18. (18) “Professional wrestling”—any performance of wrestling skills and techniques by two (2) or more wrestlers for valuable consideration, to which any admission is charged. Participating wrestlers may not be required to use their best efforts in order to win and the winner may have been selected before the performance commences and the contestants may compete for valuable consid- 20 CSR 2040-8

eration. Such contests take place in a ropeenclosed ring and are fought in timed rounds.

1. (19) “Promoter”—a person, association, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or any form of business entity licensed by the office who arranges, advertises or conducts professional mixed martial arts events and who is responsible for obtaining a permit for each contest and for payment of any state athletic taxes and production right taxes.
2. (20) “Purse”—the financial guarantee or any other remuneration which contestants receive for participating in a bout. It includes the contestant’s share of any payment received for radio broadcasting, television or motion picture rights.
3. (21) “Referee”—the person in charge of enforcing the rules of the office during any professional mixed martial arts contest.
4. (22) “Second”—an individual who attends to the contestant between rounds.
5. (23) “Sparring”—boxing for practice or as an exhibition.
6. (24) “Timekeeper”—a person responsible for keeping accurate time during each bout and also responsible for the knockdown count for mixed martial arts.

AUTHORITY: sections 317.001 and 317.006, RSMo 2000.* Original rule filed April 3, 2007, effective Oct. 30, 2007.

*Original authority: 317.001, RSMo 1983, amended 1996 and 317.006, RSMo 1983, amended 1996.