Indiana Administrative Code
Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION
Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
Rule 5 - Professional Mixed Martial Arts
Section 5-12 - Procedures for dislodged mouthpiece
Universal Citation: 68 IN Admin Code 5-12
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 12.
(a) If the referee believes that the mouthpiece has been ejected from a professional mixed martial artist's mouth as a result of a natural fight action, the referee must, at the first opportune moment and without interfering with the immediate action, do the following:
(1) Call
time-out.
(2) Direct both of the
professional mixed martial artists to remain in their current
position.
(3) Either:
(A) immediately give the mouthpiece to the
professional mixed martial artist to reinsert;
(B) clean the mouthpiece and then give the
mouthpiece to the professional mixed martial artist to reinsert; or
(C) order the professional mixed martial
artist's chief corner man to clean and reinsert the mouthpiece.
(4) Direct that the round
immediately continue without deducting points from the professional mixed
martial artist who had his or her mouthpiece dislodged.
(b) If the referee believes that the professional mixed martial artist spit out or allowed the mouthpiece to fall out of his or her mouth, the referee must, at the first opportune moment and without interfering with the immediate action, do the following:
(1) Call time-out.
(2) Direct the professional mixed martial
artists to remain in their current position.
(3) Either:
(A) immediately give the mouthpiece to the
professional mixed martial artist to reinsert;
(B) clean the mouthpiece and then give the
mouthpiece to the professional mixed martial artist to reinsert; or
(C) order the professional mixed martial
artist's chief corner man to clean and reinsert the mouthpiece.
(4) Issue an appropriate point
deduction to the offending professional mixed martial artist.
(5) Direct that the round immediately
continue.
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