Mishawaka |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 46. OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
Article VI. ULTIMATE FIGHTING |
§ 46-134. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Bodily injury means any impairment of physical condition, including physical pain.
Extreme fighting. See Ultimate fighting .
Full-contact fighting. See Ultimate fighting .
Ground 'n' pound challenge. See Ultimate fighting .
No-holds-barred fighting. See Ultimate fighting .
Serious bodily injury means bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death or causes:
(1)
Serious permanent disfigurement;
(2)
Unconsciousness;
(3)
Extreme pain; or
(4)
Permanent or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member or organ.
Tough-man contest. See Ultimate fighting .
Ultimate fighting means a live match in which:
(1)
Participants compete for a cash purse in any amount or a noncash purse with more than nominal value;
(2)
Participants are not licensed as professional contestants in any state;
(3)
Audiences are charged an admission fee; and
(4)
Match rules permit contestants to use a combination of boxing, kicking, wrestling, hitting, punching, or other combative contact techniques. Match rules do not:
a.
Incorporate a formalized system of combative techniques against which a contestant's performance is judged to determine the prevailing contestant;
b.
Divide a match into two or more equal and specified time periods for a match total of no more than 50 minutes; or
c.
Prohibit contestants from:
1.
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.
Striking a person who demonstrates an inability to protect himself from the advances of an opponent; or
3.
Direct, intentional and forceful strikes to the eyes, groin area, Adam's apple area of the neck, and temple area of the head.
(Code 1985, § 132.60; Ord. No. 4397, 6-7-1999)