Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) No boxer, mixed martial artist, promoter,
manager, second/trainer, matchmaker, referee, judge, or timekeeper, shall
engage, in any way, either directly or indirectly, in professional boxing or
professional mixed martial arts contests or exhibitions in this State unless he
or she shall have first procured the appropriate license or permit from the
Commission.
(b) No promoter shall
engage, directly or indirectly, in the promotion of any professional wrestling
exhibition in this State unless he or she shall have first procured an
appropriate license or permit from the Commission.
(c) No sanctioning entity shall engage,
directly or indirectly, in the oversight, conduct or authorization of any
combative sport match or exhibition in this State unless it shall have first
procured the appropriate license and authorization from the
Commission.
(d) The following
definitions shall be applicable:
(1)
"Professional boxing" shall mean any boxing match or exhibition featuring a
combatant who is a professional, as defined in subdivision 6 of Section
1000 of the General Business Law.
(2) "Professional mixed martial arts" shall
mean any mixed martial arts match or exhibition featuring a combatant who is a
professional, as defined in subdivision 6 of Section
1000 of the General Business Law.
(3) "Professional combative sports" shall
mean any match or exhibition of an authorized combative sport featuring a
combatant who is a professional, as defined in subdivision 6 of Section
1000 of the General Business Law.
(4) "Amateur boxing" shall mean any boxing
match or exhibition featuring combatants who are both amateurs, as defined in
subdivision 1 of Section
1000 of the General Business Law.
(5) "Amateur mixed martial arts" shall mean
any mixed martial arts match or exhibition featuring combatants who are both
amateurs, as defined in subdivision 1 of Section
1000 of the General Business Law.
(6) "Amateur combative sports" shall mean any
match or exhibition of an authorized combative sport featuring combatants who
are both amateurs, as defined in subdivision 1 of Section
1000 of the General Business Law.
(7) "Match, bout, or contest" shall mean any
combative sport competition in which two combatants engage against each other
in bona fide athletic competition with the understanding that the final result
of the contest shall be counted toward their official records.
(8) "Exhibition" shall mean an engagement in
which participants display their skill against one another for other than
training purposes in a format resembling that of a match with the understanding
that the final result of the competition will not be counted toward their
official records, and where the final outcome and maneuvers used in the display
are not prohibited from being rehearsed and predetermined by the participants
and the associated promoter.
(9)
"Contact sparring" shall mean practice boxing, practice mixed martial arts, or
other practice combative sport conducted between two participants for training
purposes in which blows are landed to the head or body of both participants in
an manner intended to mimic those that may be attempted in a match, whether or
not headgear is used.
(10) "Card or
event" shall mean all matches and exhibitions scheduled to occur as part of a
program of matches and exhibitions put on by a promoter to which a single
ticket authorizes entry.
(11)
"Combatant, contestant, or participant" shall mean a participant fighter in a
combative sport match or exhibition.
(12) "Purse or Ring Earnings" shall mean any
financial guarantee, payments, or remuneration of any kind including prizes,
win bonuses or shares of any payment received for ticket sales, broadcasting or
streaming rights provided to a combatant in a match or exhibition.