Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.1368(a)

UNAUTHORIZED PARTICIPATION IN A BOXING, MIXED MARTIAL

ARTS,

OR IN A COMBATIVE SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT

OR COMBATIVE FIGHTING MATCH, CONTEST, OR EVENT

In order to find Defendant guilty of Unauthorized Participation in a

[Boxing/Mixed Martial Arts/Combative Sports Entertainment/Combative Fighting

] [Match/Contest/Event], you must find the State proved the following elements

beyond a reasonable doubt:

(1) Defendant participated as a competitor in [boxing/mixed martial

arts/combative (sports entertainment/fighting)] [match/contest/event]; and

(2) Defendant acted [intentionally/knowingly].

“Intentionally” means it was Defendant’s conscious objective or purpose to

participate as a competitor in an unauthorized boxing, martial arts, combative

sports entertainment or combative fighting match, contest or event.

“Knowingly” means Defendant knew or was aware Defendant was

participating as a competitor in an unauthorized boxing, martial arts, combative

sports entertainment or combative fighting match, contest or event.

"Boxing"' shall mean the act, activity, or sport of attack and defense in

which a participant delivers blows with that participant's fists, especially

according to rules requiring the use of boxing gloves and limiting legal blows to

those striking above the waist and on the front or sides of the opponent.

"Boxing match" shall mean a single boxing bout wherein participants use

their best efforts to prevail through knockout, technical knockout, judges' decision

or any other manner of determining victory which are consistent with the rules

governing boxing and authorized by the rules and regulations of the Division.

"Combative fighting" shall include, but not be limited to such terms as

"toughman fighting", "toughwoman fighting", "badman fighting", "extreme

fighting", and all such similar terms or names, and shall mean any unsanctioned

combative sports or wrestling match, contest or exhibition between 2 or more

participants and where members of the public are selected from the audience to

participate with or without protective headgear, who use their hands, with or

without gloves, or their feet, or both, and who compete for a financial prize or any

item of pecuniary value, and which match, contest, tournament, championship or

exhibition is not recognized or sanctioned by any international, national or regional

professional sanctioning organization recognized by the Director.

"Combative sports" shall include all professional boxing and mixed martial

arts and all amateur boxing and mixed martial arts.

"Combative sports entertainment", included but not limited to "celebrity

boxing", "entertainment boxing" and all such similar terms or names shall mean a

display of skill for the purpose of entertaining an audience, consisting of

choreographed or simulated combat in which techniques commonly used in

combative sports are employed by participants. The participants do not exert their

best effort and the winner is determined prior to the match.

"Contest" shall mean a bout or group of bouts involving contestants

competing in a professional or amateur combative sports or permitted combative

sports entertainment event.

"Contestant" shall mean a person who competes in any licensed combative

sports event or permitted combative sports entertainment event.

"Event" shall mean an organized series of contests and/or individual

matches presented as a single occasion.

"Mixed martial arts" shall mean combative discipline in which a

combination of controls, takedowns, submissions and striking techniques are

employed by trained practitioners.