La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XI-737

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XI-737 - Mixed Technique Event Exhibition Rules

A. MTE Exhibitions shall be conducted using §705 Professional Mixed Technique Rules above with the following modifications.

1. Conduct of Promotion: If you are interested in staging a Mixed Technique Event Exhibition contest you must notify the commission in writing, and to be considered for approval, you must:

a. submit the name of the referee(s) you intend to use; however, the commission may mandate that you use a referee approved by the commission;

b. agree to abide by any other conditions which the commissioner may impose on this new activity as events are reviewed and amendments may be made;

c. agree in writing that you will observe all mixed technique event rules;

d. submit in writing a statement to the affect that the fighter is not being paid any gratuity for participating in the event, and memorialize each and every actual expense, to a maximum of $100 that is being reimbursed to the fighter;

e. if you are not a promoter who also owns and operates his own gym you must utilize a matchmaker approved by the commission who shall arrange and approve all fights on the card; and

f. ensure that all advertising concerning the event to be conducted indicates that it is an amateur event, and the word "amateur" must be a large as any other print on the advertisement on a written or printed advertisement and must be announced in any television or radio advertisements.

B. Equipment. Exhibition contestants shall use a minimum 6-ounce open fingered gloves

C. Acts Constituting Fouls. In addition to those listed under §719, Subsections A through C (Fouls):

1. illegal techniques while standing:

a. elbowing.

2. illegal techniques while on the ground:

a. in the event that the referee feels that the two fighters in the ring are mismatched to the point where the contest is not fair, then he shall immediately stop the fight at that point. Any matchmaker or promoter who arranged that fight shall be subject to immediate suspension of their license by the attending commission member as the commission deems the mismatching of amateur fighters to present an immediate danger to the public and the fighters;

b. the referee has as his number one concern the welfare of the fighters and shall conduct himself and the fight at all times with the understanding that the fighters are amateur fighters and are not to be subjected to undue punishment, which will require stoppages much sooner than those in a professional mixed technique event. Any referee who permits an amateur fighter to absorb undue punishment or grossly fails to stop a fight in a timely manner shall be subject to immediate suspension by the attending commission member as the commission deems that unnecessary injury of amateur fighters to present an immediate danger to the public and the fighters;

c. in the event that the commission member in attendance feels that the promoter has violated any of the rules of this Section concerning mixed technique exhibitions or has submitted forms or paperwork to the commission that are fraudulent, or determines that the fighters were paid any gratuity, the commission member shall, at the close of the fight issue a summons to that promoter to appear before the commission at the next scheduled meeting to determine whether his license shall be suspended.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XI-737

Promulgated by Department of Economic Development, Boxing and Wrestling Commission, LR 34:1606 (August 2008), amended LR 35:53 (January 2009), amended by the Office of the Governor, Boxing and Wrestling Commission, LR 36:758 (April 2010).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 4:61(D) and R.S. 4:64.