Indiana Administrative Code
Title 68 - INDIANA GAMING COMMISSION
Article 24 - BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
Rule 5 - Professional Mixed Martial Arts
Section 5-9 - Timekeepers

Universal Citation: 68 IN Admin Code 5-9

Current through March 20, 2024

Authority: IC 4-33-22-12

Affected: IC 4-33-22

Sec. 9.

(a) There must be present at each event a minimum of one (1) timekeeper appointed by the executive director or the executive director's designee to fulfill official duties during the bouts.

(b) The executive director or the executive director's designee may appoint an additional timekeeper for an event.

(c) Failure of the timekeeper to comply with IC 4-33-22 and this article may result in immediate removal from the fighting area by a commission representative.

(d) At the event, the timekeeper must provide:

(1) sound devices, unless acceptable sound devices are being provided by the venue; and

(2) two (2) stopwatches; that a commission representative has examined and approved.

(e) The timekeeper must:

(1) ten (10) seconds before the beginning of each round, give warning to the corner men of professional mixed martial artists by utilizing a sound device, which is the signal for the corner men to leave the fighting area;

(2) ten (10) seconds prior to the end of a round, use a sound device sufficient to provide notice that the end of the round is approaching;

(3) at the end of a round, use a sound device sufficient to provide notice of the end of the round;

(4) if a bout terminates before the scheduled limit of rounds, inform the announcer and the chief commission representative of the exact duration of the bout; and

(5) not use a sound device during a round, except as provided in subdivisions (1) through (3).

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