§ 1000 — Definitions

§ 1000. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. "Amateur" means any\nparticipant in a combative sport authorized pursuant to this article who\nis not receiving or competing for, and who has never received or\ncompeted for, any purse, money, prize, pecuniary gain, or other thing of\nvalue exceeding seventy-five dollars or the allowable amount established\nby the authorized amateur sanctioning entity overseeing the competition.\n 2. "Authorized sanctioning entity" means an entity allowed to oversee\nand conduct combative sports pursuant to regulations promulgated by the\ncommission.\n 3. "Combative sport" means any unarmed bout, contest, competition,\nmatch, or exhibition undertaken to entertain an audience, wherein the\nparticipants primarily grapple or wrestle, or deliver blows of any kind\nto, or use force in any way to manipulate, the body of another\nparticipant, and wherein the outcome and score depend entirely on such\nactivities.\n 4. "Commission" means the state athletic commission as provided for in\nsection one thousand three of this article, or an agent or employee of\nthe state athletic commission acting on its behalf.\n 5. "Mixed martial arts" means a combative sport wherein the rules of\nengagement do not limit the participants to a single, systematic,\nfighting discipline.\n 6. "Professional" means any participant in a combative sport\nauthorized pursuant to this article, other than an amateur, who is\nreceiving or competing for, or who has ever received or competed for,\nany purse, money, prize, pecuniary gain, or other thing exceeding\nseventy-five dollars in value.\n