Code of Maine Rules
99 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
650 - COMBAT SPORTS AUTHORITY OF MAINE (FORMERLY MIXED MARTIAL ARTS AUTHORITY OF MAINE)
Part 1 - Mixed Martial Arts rules
Chapter 8 - RULES GOVERNING MANAGERS, TRAINERS, SECONDS, CUT PERSONS, SCOREKEEPERS, AND CORNER PERSONS FOR MIXED MARTIAL COMPETITORS
Section 650-1-8-4 - Prohibited Activities

A. No person other than mixed martial arts fighters and referees shall enter the fighting area during a round, except for an attending physician who enters the area at a referee's request. The referee may, in his/her discretion, stop a fight if an unauthorized individual enters the fighting are a during a round.

B. Managers, trainers, seconds, cut persons, scorekeepers, and corner persons are prohibited from using profanity while working a corner. Any profanity or disobedience of the referee's instructions during the progress of a fight constitutes sufficient grounds for removal of an individual from the corner.

C. Managers, trainers, seconds, cut persons, scorekeepers, and corner persons are not permitted to leave their designated areas during a fight. If an individual leaves her/his designated area during a fight, that individual's fighter will be disqualified.

D. Managers, trainers, seconds, cut persons, scorekeepers, and corner persons are not permitted to assist a fighter who is knocked out of the fighting area onto the floor. A fighter who is knocked onto the floor must get back into the fighting area in a minute without assistance from anyone.

E. Managers, trainers, seconds, cut persons, scorekeepers, and corner persons are not permitted to throw a towel, sponge, or any other article into the fighting area as an acknowledgment of defeat. At the end of a round, a manager or second may ask the referee to stop a fight to protect a fighter from serious injury.

F. Managers, trainers, seconds, cut persons, scorekeepers, and corner persons shall not agree in writing, verbally, or otherwise that a fighter will compete when they know the fighter to be improperly conditioned or physically inadequate.

G. No individual other than a referee shall interfere in any way with the conduct of a fight or touch a fighter during a round.

H. No other individual shall administer aid to a fighter, if the referee has ordered that competitor to be examined by an attending physician.