- (1) Bare Knuckle Fighting Bouts may not extend past a total of six rounds and a total of Eighteen 18 Minutes of fighting with one-minute rest period between rounds. The one-minute rest period does not count as part of the 18 minutes of fighting.
(2) Promoters are authorized to mix bout cards and schedule bouts for two or three-minute rounds. Regulatory Commissions shall consider the following information when approving bouts:
- (a) fighter Record;
- (b) combative Sports Experience;
- (c) skill level; and
- (d) physical Condition.
- (3) Participant must have competed as a professional in another martial arts discipline before competing in a bareknuckle contest.
- (4) Rounds shall last for either two or three minutes.
(5) Professional debut participants shall compete in four rounds, lasting two minutes each.
TABLE 2Rounds123456MAXMinutes3:003:003:003:003:003:0018:00
Minutes2:002:002:002:002:002:0012:00Pro DebutStandardTitle
- (6) Female participants shall only participate in two-minute rounds.
- (7) Amateur fighters cannot participate in Bareknuckle Fighting events.
- (8) Bareknuckle events are stand-alone events. The Commission prohibits hybrid events.
KEY: licensing, boxing, unarmed combat, White-collar contests
Date of Last Change: February 20, 2024
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 9-23-101 et seq.