Section 1370.315  Ultimate Fighting Exhibition

a)         Pursuant to Section 7.5 of the Act, ultimate fighting exhibitions are prohibited in the State of Illinois.

b)         "Ultimate fighting exhibition" means any competition, contest or exhibition that involves any physical combat bout with few or no restrictions on the tactics or techniques used, between two or more individuals who attempt to defeat the opponent by using elbow strikes, kicking, choking, bare knuckles, boxing, wrestling, martial arts techniques or any combination of these techniques or tactics, excluding contests or exhibitions that are authorized by the Act and this Part or exempted by Section 6 of the Act.

c)         Any licensee/registrant holding or promoting an ultimate fighting exhibition, or participating in an ultimate fighting exhibition as a promoter, contestant, second, referee, judge, scorer, manager, trainer, announcer, or timekeeper, may be subject to discipline pursuant to Section 16 of the Act.

d)         The Department shall enter an order of cease and desist to any individual or entity involved in an ultimate fighting exhibition. If the order is ignored, the Department may send such order to the Attorney General or State's Attorney for civil or criminal enforcement with respect to prohibited exhibitions and/or the Department may file a complaint for imposition of civil penalties for violation of the Act.

e)         A person who is guilty of violating this Section is guilty of a Class A Misdemeanor.  On conviction of a second or subsequent offense, the violator shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.

(Source:  Added at 22 Ill. Reg. 19860, effective October 30, 1998)