Terms Used In Maryland Code, BUSINESS REGULATION 4-101

  • including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) “Boxing” includes sparring.

(c) “Commission” means the State Athletic Commission.

(d) (1) “Contest” means a boxing, kick boxing, or wrestling:

(i) competition;

(ii) exhibition;

(iii) match;

(iv) performance; or

(v) show.

(2) “Contest” includes a mixed martial arts:

(i) competition;

(ii) match;

(iii) performance; or

(iv) show.

(3) “Contest” does not include a mixed martial arts exhibition.

(e) “Contestant” means an individual who participates in a boxing, professional kick boxing, amateur kick boxing, professional mixed martial arts, or amateur mixed martial arts contest.

(f) “Mixed martial arts” means a competition in which contestants use interdisciplinary forms of fighting, including various forms of martial arts, involving:

(1) striking with the hands, feet, knees, or elbows; and

(2) grappling by take-downs, throws, submissions, or choke holds.

(g) “Mixed martial arts exhibition” means mixed martial arts where:

(1) contact to the body is permitted in only a restrained manner;

(2) contact to the head is not permitted; and

(3) no contact is permitted that may result, or is intended to result, in physical harm to an opponent.