Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 2040 - Office of Athletics
Chapter 4 - Licensees and Their Responsibilities
Section 20 CSR 2040-4.020 - Matchmakers

Universal Citation: 20 MO Code of State Regs 2040-4.020

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024

PURPOSE: This rule is being amended to implement House Bill 1388 signed into law and effective August 28, 2018.

PURPOSE: This rule clarifies the duties and responsibilities of matchmakers with respect to professional boxing, professional kick-boxing, professional full-contact karate, professional mixed martial arts, amateur mixed martial arts, and amateur kickboxing.

(1) A licensed matchmaker is required to be present at all professional boxing, professional or amateur kickboxing, professional or amateur mixed martial arts, and professional full-contact karate contests. In professional boxing, professional or amateur kickboxing, professional or amateur mixed martial arts, and professional full-contact karate, the office shall not allow a promoter and matchmaker to be the same person.

(2) The duties of the matchmaker shall include arranging the contest, matching the contestants as to weight and experience, and ensuring that all the equipment is in its place. While the contests are in progress, the matchmaker may work with the inspector and will be directly liable for the promoter s/he represents.

(3) All bouts shall be approved or disapproved by the office. A bout deemed to be a mismatch based on the record, experience, skill, and condition of the contestants as known or represented to the office at or before the bout, which could expose one (1) or both contestants to serious injury, will be denied. In addition all bout contestants must meet the following criteria to be approved:

(A) Any contestant who has lost their last ten (10) bouts by decision, technical knockout, or knockout will not be approved to box in a bout;

(B) Any contestant who has lost their last six (6) bouts by technical knockout or knockout will not be approved to box in a bout; and

(C) All contestant's records, skill, and experience must be verified through the national registry for their respective sport, which is appointed by the Association of Boxing Commissions or a similar organization.

(4) The office reserves the right to question any applicant for a matchmaker's license, and, if in its judgment, the applicant does not have sufficient knowledge of the sport or is otherwise not deemed responsible to act, the license may be denied.

(5) No matchmaker in a specific contest may act in the capacity of a licensed second for that specific contest either directly or indirectly.

*Original authority: 317.006, RSMo 1983, amended 1996 and 317.005, RSMo 1996.

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