2006 Kansas Code - 74-50,182

      74-50,182.   Definitions. As used in the Kansas professional regulated sports act:

      (a)   "Bout" means one match involving a regulated sport.

      (b)   "Commission" means the athletic commission or the commission's designee.

      (c)   "Contest" means a bout or a group of bouts involving licensed contestants competing in a regulated sport.

      (d)   "Contestant" means a person who competes in a regulated sport.

      (e)   "Fund" means the athletic fee fund.

      (f)   "Mandatory count of eight" means a required count of eight that is given by a referee to a contestant who has been knocked down.

      (g)   "Noncompetitive boxing" means boxing or sparring where a decision is not rendered.

      (h)   "Professional boxing" means the sport of attack and defense which uses the fists and where contestants compete for valuable consideration.

      (i)   "Professional full-contact karate" means any form of full-contact martial arts including but not limited to full-contact kung fu, full-contact tae-kwon-do or any form of martial arts or self-defense conducted on a full-contact basis in a bout or contest with or without weapons and where contestants compete for valuable consideration. Such contests take place in a rope-enclosed ring and are fought in timed rounds.

      (j)   "Professional kickboxing" means any form of boxing in which blows are delivered with any part of the arm below the shoulder, including the hand, and any part of the leg below the hip, including the foot, and where contestants compete for valuable consideration. Such contests take place in a rope-enclosed ring and are fought in timed rounds.

      (k)   "Professional mixed martial arts" means any form of martial arts or self-defense conducted on a full-contact basis in a bout or contest with or without weapons and where contestants compete for valuable consideration. Such contests take place in an enclosed ring and are fought in timed rounds.

      (l)   "Professional wrestling" means any performance of wrestling skills and techniques by two or more professional wrestlers, to which any admission is charged. Participating wrestlers may not be required to use their best efforts in order to win. The winner may have been selected before the performance commences and contestants compete for valuable consideration. Such contests take place in a rope-enclosed ring and are fought in timed rounds.

      (m)   "Regulated sports" means professional boxing, sparring, professional kickboxing, professional mixed martial arts and professional full-contact karate.

      (n)   "Sparring" means boxing for practice or as an exhibition.

      History:   L. 2004, ch. 88, § 2; July 1.