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 2040-4.090 - Contestants

(1) An applicant applying for a professional license or renewal as a contestant shall-

(2) An applicant applying for an amateur license or renewal as a contestant shall-

(3) An applicant or contestant who does not pass the physical examination or receives positive results from any of the tests required in section (1) may be denied the right to fight for that bout.

(4) All fees involved with medical examinations and/or tests required in section (1) in addition to any drug test required in section (11), shall be the responsibility of the promoter, contestant, or applicant.

(5) Within forty-eight (48) hours before competing in any bout or contest, each contestant shall-

(6) The office will issue an identification card to each contestant for the purpose of registration pursuant to the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996, 15 U.S.C. section 6301 et seq., to each contestant who so applies. The contestant shall provide a recent photograph for the identification card and any other information that is requested by the office. An identification card cannot be substituted for the license to engage in professional boxing. All professional and amateur mixed martial arts, kickboxing, and full-contact karate contestants will be issued a picture identification card as approved by the Association of Boxing Commissions or other like organization's officially approved registry for their respective sport.

(7) Each contestant for professional boxing, professional or amateur kickboxing, professional or amateur mixed martial arts, or professional full-contact karate, will be weighed in the presence of the public, his/her opponent, a representative of the office, and an official representing the promoter on scales approved by the office at any place designated by the office. If a contestant cannot be present at the designated time set by the office, a contestant may waive his/her rights under this section.

(8) The contestant for professional boxing, professional or amateur kickboxing, professional or amateur mixed martial arts, or professional full-contact karate must have all weights stripped from his/her body before he/she is weighed in, but male contestants may wear shorts. Female contestants may wear shorts and a sports bra.

(9) The office may require contestants to be weighed more than once for any cause deemed sufficient to the office.

(10) Immediately preceding the contest, at a time designated by the office, all contestants must pass a physical examination given by a physician licensed by the office, in accordance with the office's rules and regulations. A contestant who does not pass the physical examination cannot fight in that bout.

(11) The office may require a contestant to submit to a drug test. Failure to submit to a drug test upon notification by an inspector may result in disciplinary action being taken against the contestant's license. All fees involved with a drug test are the responsibility of the contestant.

(12) A contestant licensed by the office may have to submit to any medical examination or test ordered by the office prior to participation in a bout.

(13) A contestant shall present his/her identification card to the office representative at weigh-in for a bout and at any other time ordered by the office or its representative. Failure to possess the card may result in the contestant being disallowed to participate in a bout.

(14) A contestant licensed by the office is subject to disciplinary action by the office if the contestant knowingly:

(15) Each contestant must report to the representative of the office in charge of dressing rooms at least sixty (60) minutes before the scheduled time of the first bout of professional boxing, professional wrestling, professional or amateur kickboxing, professional or amateur mixed martial arts, and professional full-contact karate contest. Failure to do so may result in the contestant being disallowed to participate in the bout.

(16) Contestants shall at all times abide by the statutes and rules of Missouri governing professional boxing, professional wrestling, professional or amateur kickboxing, professional or amateur mixed martial arts, or professional full-contact karate.

(17) Contestants shall at all times observe the directions and decisions of all officials and inspectors.

(18) A contestant of boxing may not have a promoter or any of its members, stockholders, officials, matchmakers or assistant matchmakers-

(19) Contestants for professional wrestling may include anyone participating in any wrestling activities whether inside or outside the ring during a contest.

(20) The belt of the trunks cannot extend above the waist line for professional boxing, professional or amateur kickboxing, or professional full-contact karate.

(21) Each boxing, full-contact karate or kickboxing contestant must wear-

(22) The excessive use of petroleum jelly may not be used on the face or body of a contestant. The referees or the office's representative in charge may cause any excessive petroleum jelly to be removed.

(23) The office's representative may determine whether head and facial hair presents any hazard to the safety of the contestant or his/her opponent or would interfere with the supervision and conduct of the bout. If the head and facial hair of the contestant present such a hazard or would interfere with the supervision and conduct of the bout, the contestant may not compete in the bout unless the circumstances creating the hazard or potential interference are corrected to the satisfaction of the office's representative.

(24) A contestant will not wear any jewelry or other piercing accessories while competing in a bout.

(25) Any professional or amateur mixed martial arts contestant who has competed as a boxer, kickboxer, wrestler, martial arts, or mixed martial arts contestant anywhere in the world will not be allowed to compete as a contestant in any professional or amateur mixed martial arts bout in Missouri until seven (7) days have elapsed from the date of the previous bout.

(26) Any person who has competed as a professional boxer, professional kickboxer, professional wrestler, professional martial arts, or professional mixed martial arts contestant may not participate as an amateur contestant in a mixed martial arts event in the state of Missouri. The office may discipline the license of any contestant, promoter, matchmaker, or second who violates, or assists or enables another to violate, the provisions of this section.

(27) The office may honor the suspension of a contestant by an agency that regulates professional boxing, professional wrestling, professional or amateur kickboxing, professional or amateur mixed martial arts, and professional full-contact karate in another jurisdiction if the suspension is ordered for:

(28) The office may deny a contestant a license if their license to participate or compete as a boxer, wrestler, kickboxer, or full-contact karate participant has been denied, refused, or disciplined for a medical condition by another state, tribal athletic commission, territory, federal agency, or country. The office shall not issue a license to a contestant who has suffered a cerebral hemorrhage of any type.

(29) No amateur kickboxing contestant under eighteen (18) years of age may participate in a bout against a contestant who is more than two (2) years older.