Utah § 76-9-112 Participation in an ultimate fighting match.

Utah Statutes

§ 76-9-112 — Participation in an ultimate fighting match.

Utah·Title 76 Utah Criminal Code·Ch. 76-9 Offenses Against Public Order, Health, and Safety·Part 76-9-1 Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses

(1)Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section.

(2)An actor commits participation in an ultimate fighting match if the actor publicizes, promotes, conducts, or engages in a live fighting match in which:

(2)(a) an admission fee is charged;

(2)(b) match rules permit professional contestants to use a combination of boxing, kicking, wrestling, hitting, punching, or other combative, contact techniques; and

(2)(c) match rules do not:

(2)(c)(i) incorporate a formalized system of combative techniques against which a contestant's performance is judged to determine the prevailing contestant;

(2)(c)(ii) divide a match into two or more equal and specified time periods for a match total of no more than 50 minutes; or

(2)(c)(iii) prohibit contestants from:

(2)(c)(iii)(A) using anything t

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(1) Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section.
(2) An actor commits participation in an ultimate fighting match if the actor publicizes, promotes, conducts, or engages in a live fighting match in which:
(2)(a) an admission fee is charged;
(2)(b) match rules permit professional contestants to use a combination of boxing, kicking, wrestling, hitting, punching, or other combative, contact techniques; and
(2)(c) match rules do not:
(2)(c)(i) incorporate a formalized system of combative techniques against which a contestant's performance is judged to determine the prevailing contestant;
(2)(c)(ii) divide a match into two or more equal and specified time periods for a match total of no more than 50 minutes; or
(2)(c)(iii) prohibit contestants from:
(2)(c)(iii)(A) using anything that is not part of the human body, except for boxing gloves, to intentionally inflict serious bodily injury upon an opponent through direct contact or the expulsion of a projectile;
(2)(c)(iii)(B) striking an individual who demonstrates an inability to protect the individual's self from the advances of an opponent;
(2)(c)(iii)(C) biting; or
(2)(c)(iii)(D) using direct, intentional, and forceful strikes to the eyes, groin area, adam's apple area of the neck, or temple area of the head.
(3) A violation of Subsection (2) is a class A misdemeanor.

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