Participation in an ultimate fighting match.

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  • (1) For purposes of this section, "ultimate fighting match" means a live match in which:
    • (a) an admission fee is charged;
    • (b) match rules permit professional contestants to use a combination of boxing, kicking, wrestling, hitting, punching, or other combative, contact techniques; and
    • (c) match rules do not:
      • (i) incorporate a formalized system of combative techniques against which a contestant's performance is judged to determine the prevailing contestant;
      • (ii) divide a match into two or more equal and specified time periods for a match total of no more than 50 minutes; or
      • (iii) prohibit contestants from:
        • (A) using anything that is not part of the human body, except for boxing gloves, to intentionally inflict serious bodily injury upon an opponent through direct contact or the expulsion of a projectile;
        • (B) striking a person who demonstrates an inability to protect himself from the advances of an opponent;
        • (C) biting; or
        • (D) direct, intentional, and forceful strikes to the eyes, groin area, adam's apple area of the neck, and temple area of the head.
  • (2) Any person who publicizes, promotes, conducts, or engages in an ultimate fighting match is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.




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