Colorado § 12-110-104 - Definitions.

§ 12-110-104. Definitions.

As used in this article 110, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Repealed.

(2) "Boxing" means fighting, striking, forcing an opponent to submit, or disabling an opponent, including the disciplines of kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and martial arts.

(2.7) (a) "Combative sport" or "combative sports" means a competitive physical activity that involves two or more individuals engaging in combat with rules that govern conduct, contact, scoring, and safety.

(b) "Combative sport" or "combative sports" includes boxing, kickboxing, martial arts, mixed martial arts, Muay Thai, and any other combative sport the commission deems, by rule, to be regulated pursuant to this article 110.

(3) "Commission" means the Colorado combative sports commission created in section 12-110-106.

(4) "Contest" means a match in which the participants strive earnestly to win.

(5) "Exhibition" means a match in which participants display their combative sports skills and techniques without striving earnestly to win.

(6) "Kickboxing" means engaging in martial arts fighting techniques using the hands and feet, the object of which is to win by a decision, knockout, or technical knockout.

(6.8) "Manager" means a person that proposes, selects, and arranges the contestants to participate in a combative sports match.

(7) "Martial arts" means any of several arts of combat or self-defense that are widely practiced as sport.

(8) "Match" means a combative sports contest or exhibition, the object of which is to win by a decision, knockout, or technical knockout, and includes an event, engagement, sparring or practice session, show, or program where the public is admitted and there is intended to be physical contact. "Match" does not include a training or practice session when a cost for admission is not charged.

(8.1) "Matchmaker" means a person that:

(a) Proposes, arranges, or secures a participant for a combative sports match; or

(b) Assists a promoter in proposing, arranging, or securing a participant for a combative sports match.

(9) "Mixed martial arts" means the combined techniques of boxing and martial arts disciplines such as grappling, kicking, and striking, including the use of full, unrestrained physical force.

(10) "Office" means the office of combative sports created in section 12-110-105.

(11) "Office director" means the director of the office.

(12) "Participant" means an individual who engages in a match.

(13) "Physician" means an individual licensed to practice medicine pursuant to article 240 of this title 12.

(14) "Place of training" means a facility where alcohol beverages are not permitted, an admission fee is not charged for nonstudents, instructors of particular disciplines train students in the art of combative sports, and students pay a fee to be enrolled in classes and receive instruction.

(15) "Professional" means a participant who has received or competed for a purse or any other thing of value for participating in a match.

(15.4) (a) "Promoter" means a person primarily responsible for organizing, promoting, and producing a combative sports match.

(b) "Promoter" does not include a hotel, casino, resort, or other commercial establishment hosting or sponsoring a combative sports match, unless:

(I) The hotel, casino, resort, or other commercial establishment is primarily responsible for organizing, promoting, and producing the match; and

(II) There is no other person primarily responsible for organizing, promoting, and producing the match.

(16) (a) "Toughperson fighting" means:

(I) A physical contest, match, tournament, exhibition, or bout, or any activity that involves physical contact between two or more individuals engaging in combative skills using the hands, feet, or body, whether or not prizes or purses are awarded at the event or promised in future events or spectator admission fees are charged or received; and

(II) A contest, match, tournament, exhibition, bout, or activity, as described in subsection (16)(a)(I) of this section, that is not recognized by and not sanctioned by any state, regional, or national combative sports sanctioning authority that is recognized by the director.

(b) "Toughperson fighting" does not mean:

(I) Activities occurring under a martial arts instructor at a place of training or other types of instructor-student or student-student contact occurring under the supervision of an instructor at a place of training; or

(II) A sanctioned combative sports event approved by the commission.

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 833, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2026: (1) repealed, (2.7), (6.8), (8.1), and (15.4) added, and (5), (8), (12), (14), (16)(a)(II), and (16)(b)(II) amended, (HB 26-1194), ch. 357, p. 2146, § 5, effective August 12.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-10-103 as it existed prior to 2019.