Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 5, March 10, 2024
This Rule is promulgated pursuant to section
12-110-107, C.R.S.
A. NUMBER OF BOUTS
The Director has the discretion to control and limit the
number of bouts held in any one event. Bouts in which more than two
participants appear in the ring or cage at the same time will not be
approved.
B. BOUT REVIEW
The Director may refuse to permit a bout to proceed upon a
determination that either or both participants should not compete because of
one or more of the following factors:
1. Skill level and ability of their
opponent;
2. Age disparity between
opponents;
3. Consecutive losses or
wins on recent record;
4. Fighting
history, including recent TKO' or KO's;
5. Disqualifications and/or poor
performances;
6. Recent
injuries;
7. Failure to appear at
any scheduled weigh-in or event;
8.
Failure to compete at any event;
9.
Request of a weight that may be unattainable given weight history, build, or
physique;
10. Failing to make
weight;
11. Lack of experience with
consecutive rounds or bouts;
12.
Medical test results;
13.
Professional debut participants verification that they have trained for a
minimum of 30 days prior to bout approval;
14. Recent positive drug or substance test or
any known positive test result;
15.
Failure to submit to a drug test in any jurisdiction;
16. Physical impairment(s), eye blindness,
missing limb;
17. Serious head or
brain injury, trauma, impact or damage;
18. Age and date of most recent
bout;
19. Overall physical and
mental fitness;
20. Any action by
any athletic or combative sports Commission in any jurisdiction;
21. History of bad faith or dealings with any
promotions or Commissions;
22. Not
completing the bout requirements in a timely manner;
23. Conduct that discredits or tends to
discredit any sport regulated by the Commission in which the participant is
competing;
24. Any related Medical
condition that affects a participants' ability to fight.
C. PRE-FIGHT PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS
1. Participants must submit to a physical
examination performed by a licensed physician and be declared fit to compete
prior to the bout at a time approved by the Director. Any participant deemed to
be unfit to participate by the licensed physician will not be permitted to
compete. In such instances, the promoter will be notified immediately by the
Director or the Chief Official.
2.
Promoters are responsible for providing a suitable place for Physicians to
conduct the physical examinations. The Director may require additional medical
tests prior to the weigh-in and must reject a participant for test results that
are incomplete or unsatisfactory or deemed untimely prior to the
weigh-in.
3. Examination
Requirements
Participants must submit to a complete physical examinations
which must include, at a minimum, examinations of the following: weight,
temperature, pulse (sitting and standing), lungs, blood pressure, heart, or
communicable diseases, urine analysis (when deemed necessary), scrotal evidence
of hernia, and general physical condition. See Rule 2.16 for additional female
participant examinations.
D. MEDICAL TESTS AND RESULTS
1. All participants must submit to acceptable
HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C testing within a timeframe prescribed by the
Director and must provide the negative results no later than 48 hours prior to
weigh in. Exceptions may be made for substitutions as determined by the
Director. The Director may on a case by case basis require additional medical
tests for participants.
2.
Additional Test Requirements for Participants age 45 and Older.
a. Participants age 45 and older who have not
been routinely fighting in permitted events for the past five years must
undergo the following additional tests or examinations.
(1) General physical examination and Senior
Athletes Fitness Examination (SAFE), to include a routine EKG and/or any other
tests recommended by the physician.
E. PARTICIPANTS NOT SAFE TO COMPETE
Participants cannot safely engage or compete in a bout where
there is the potential of an unfair advantage over their opponent. As such, if
a participant has one or more medical conditions, the participant may not
safely engage in combative sport activities and may not be permitted to
compete. Such medical conditions will be reviewed by the Director after
consultation with the licensed physician on a case by case basis.
F. ADVANCED NOTIFICATION, RANDOM,
OR FOR-CAUSE TESTING OF PARTICIPANTS
1.
Noticed Testing: All participants in bouts designated by the
Director will be notified in advance that they will be tested for the use of
any prohibited drugs, substances and methods identified by the World
Anti-Doping Agency. If the Director determines that testing of the participants
should occur, promoters may be verbally informed before the conclusion of the
weigh-in.
2.
Random
Testing: All participants scheduled to compete on any upcoming event are
subject to random testing for the use of any prohibited drugs, substances and
methods identified by the World Anti-Doping Agency. Random testing shall be
conducted in accordance with a process established by the Director.
3.
For Cause Testing: If the
Director has reason to believe that a participant scheduled to compete on any
upcoming event may be under the influence of any prohibited drugs, substances
and methods identified by the World Anti-Doping Agency, the Director may order
testing of the participant to determine whether or not the participant has
taken, used or ingested any drugs, substances and methods.
4.
Mandatory Testing: Testing
will be mandatory for participants in bouts determined by the Director to be
championship bouts.
5. All testing
identified above shall be conducted at the discretion of the Director. In any
bout which the Director believes the interest of a combative sport so require,
the Director may order both participants submit to testing.
6.
Prohibited drugs, substances and
methods: The Commission hereby adopts the edition, effective January 1,
2021, of the Prohibited List- International Standard published by the World
Anti-Doping Agency. This Prohibited List is adopted to provide notice of this
code to all participants. This Rule does not include later amendments to or
editions of the Prohibited List of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Notwithstanding this rule, cannabinoids are not a prohibited
substance.
A copy of the Prohibited List published by the World
Anti-Doping Agency is available for public inspection during regular business
hours at the Commission office at the Division of Professions and Occupations,
Department of Regulatory Agencies, 1560 Broadway, Suite 1350, Denver,
Colorado,80202, and at any state publications depository and distribution
center. For further information regarding how this material can be obtained or
examined, contact the Director for the Commission at 1560 Broadway, Suite 1350,
Denver, Colorado, 80202,
303-894-7800. The Prohibited List
may be obtained, free of charge, at the Internet address
www.wada-ama.org. Address: Stock Exchange
Tower, 800 Place Victoria (Suite 1700), PO Box 120, Montreal, Quebec H47 1B7,
Canada.
G.
CHAMPIONSHIP BOUTS
A bout shall not be advertised, promoted or called a
championship bout unless it has the specific approval of the Commission. A
promoter shall not advertise any participant in the State of Colorado as a
champion or contender in any manner that is false or misleading.
H. PROFESSIONAL-AMATEUR BOUTS
PROHIBITED
Bouts between professionals and amateurs are prohibited.
Nothing in this Rule would prohibit combined Professional-Amateur
Events.
