Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 9 > Chapter 23 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• Boxing: means the sport of attack and defense using the fist, which is covered by an approved boxing glove. See Utah Code 9-23-101
• Budget: means a plan of financial operations for a fiscal period which embodies estimates of proposed expenditures for given purposes and the proposed means of financing them. See Utah Code 10-6-106
• City: means a municipality that is classified by population as a city of the first class, a city of the second class, a city of the third class, a city of the fourth class, or a city of the fifth class, under Section 10-2-301. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Commission: means the Pete Suazo Utah Athletic Commission created by this chapter. See Utah Code 9-23-101
• Contest: means a live match, performance, or exhibition involving two or more persons engaged in unarmed combat. See Utah Code 9-23-101
• Contestant: means an individual who participates in a contest. See Utah Code 9-23-101
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Designated commission member: means a member of the commission designated to:
       (7)(a) attend and supervise a particular contest; and
       (7)(b) act on the behalf of the commission at a contest venue. See Utah Code 9-23-101
• Director: means the director appointed by the commission. See Utah Code 9-23-101
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Exhibition: means an engagement in which the participants show or display their skills without necessarily striving to win. See Utah Code 9-23-101
• Female: means the characteristic of an individual whose biological reproductive system is of the general type that functions in a way that could produce ova. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Judge: means an individual qualified by training or experience to:
       (11)(a) rate the performance of contestants;
       (11)(b) score a contest; and
       (11)(c) determine with other judges whether there is a winner of the contest or whether the contestants performed equally, resulting in a draw. See Utah Code 9-23-101
• Manager: means an individual who represents a contestant for the purpose of:
       (13)(a) obtaining a contest for a contestant;
       (13)(b) negotiating terms and conditions of the contract under which the contestant will engage in a contest; or
       (13)(c) arranging for a second for the contestant at a contest. See Utah Code 9-23-101
• Person: means :
       (24)(a) an individual;
       (24)(b) an association;
       (24)(c) an institution;
       (24)(d) a corporation;
       (24)(e) a company;
       (24)(f) a trust;
       (24)(g) a limited liability company;
       (24)(h) a partnership;
       (24)(i) a political subdivision;
       (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
       (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Promoter: means a person who engages in producing or staging contests and promotions. See Utah Code 9-23-101
• Referee: means an individual qualified by training or experience to act as the official attending a contest at the point of contact between contestants for the purpose of:
       (17)(a) enforcing the rules relating to the contest;
       (17)(b) stopping the contest in the event the health, safety, and welfare of a contestant or any other person in attendance at the contest is in jeopardy; and
       (17)(c) acting as a judge if so designated by the commission. See Utah Code 9-23-101
• Round: means one of a number of individual time periods that, taken together, constitute a contest during which contestants are engaged in a form of unarmed combat. See Utah Code 9-23-101
• Second: means an individual who attends a contestant at the site of the contest before, during, and after the contest in accordance with contest rules. See Utah Code 9-23-101
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Ultimate fighting: means a live contest, whether or not an admission fee is charged, in which:
       (22)(a) contest rules permit contestants to use a combination of boxing, kicking, wrestling, hitting, punching, or other combative contact techniques;
       (22)(b) contest rules incorporate a formalized system of combative techniques against which a contestant's performance is judged to determine the prevailing contestant;
       (22)(c) contest rules divide nonchampionship contests into three equal and specified rounds of no more than five minutes per round with a rest period of one minute between each round;
       (22)(d) contest rules divide championship contests into five equal and specified rounds of no more than five minutes per round with a rest period of one minute between each round; and
       (22)(e) contest rules prohibit contestants from:

            (22)(e)(i) 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;

            (22)(e)(ii) striking a person who demonstrates an inability to protect himself from the advances of an opponent;

            (22)(e)(iii) biting; or

            (22)(e)(iv) direct, intentional, and forceful strikes to the eyes, groin area, Adam's apple area of the neck, and the rear area of the head and neck. See Utah Code 9-23-101
• Unarmed combat: means boxing or any other form of competition in which a blow is usually struck which may reasonably be expected to inflict bodily injury. See Utah Code 9-23-101
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.