(a) As used in this chapter, 'combative fighting' (also known as 'toughman fighting', 'badman fighting', and 'extreme fighting') means a match, contest, or exhibition that involves at least (2) contestants, with or without gloves or protective headgear, in which the contestants:(1) use their:(A) hands;(B) feet; or(C) both hands and feet;to strike each other; and(2) compete for a financial prize or any item of pecuniary value.(b) The term does not include:(1) a boxing, sparring, or unarmed combat match regulated under IC 4-33-22;(2) mixed martial arts (as defined by IC 4-33-22-2);(3) martial arts, as regulated by the gaming commission in rules adopted under IC 4-33-22;(4) professional wrestling, as regulated by the gaming commission in rules adopted under IC 4-33-22; or(5) a match, contest, or game in which a fight breaks out among the participants as an unplanned, spontaneous event and not as an intended part of the match, contest, or game.As added by P.L.112-2007, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.160-2009, SEC.49; P.L.113-2010, SEC.107.
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