South Dakota § 42-12-7.2 - Definitions.

§ 42-12-7.2. Definitions.

Terms used in this chapter mean:

(1)    "Boxer," a participant in a boxing competition or sparring exhibition;

(2)    "Boxing," a sport or practice of fighting with fists, in which participants wear boxing gloves;

(3)    "Commission," the South Dakota Athletic Commission;

(4)    "Competition," any contest, event, fight, or match in which:

(a)    The participants intend to and actually inflict blows, kicks, and punches, or utilize other techniques to temporarily incapacitate an opponent with the intent to win the contest, event, fight, or match; and

(b)    The participants receive payment or renumeration, directly or indirectly, as consideration for the participant's performance;

(5)    "Department," the Department of Labor and Regulation;

(6)    "Kickboxer," a participant in a kickboxing competition or sparring exhibition;

(7)    "Kickboxing," a sport of attack and defense, in which participants wear boxing gloves and throw punches, as in boxing, and kick with bare feet, as in karate;

(8)    "Manager," any person who acts on behalf of a boxer, kickboxer, or mixed martial artist to facilitate the arrangement, production, or staging of any competition or sparring exhibition;

(9)    "Matchmaker," any association, club, corporation, entity, or individual that brings together a competition or sparring exhibition;

(10)    "Mixed martial artist," a participant in a mixed martial arts competition or sparring exhibition;

(11)    "Mixed martial arts," a sport of fighting, in which participants inflict or employ blows, holds, kicks, punches, and other techniques to choke, disable, incapacitate, injure, or stun an opponent, using a combination of boxing, grappling, kickboxing, wrestling, or other martial arts;

(12)    "Official," a commission representative, inspector, judge, physician, referee, or timekeeper serving in an assigned role for a competition or sparring exhibition;

(13)    "Promoter," an association, club, corporation, entity, or individual who arranges, produces, or stages any competition or sparring exhibition;

(14)    "Second," an individual who attends to a contestant between rounds; and

(15)    "Sparring exhibition," any contest, event, fight, or match in which:

(a)    The participants intend to and actually inflict blows, kicks, and punches, or utilize other techniques to temporarily incapacitate an opponent, with the intent to display skills without striving to win; and

(b)    The participants receive payment or renumeration, directly or indirectly, as consideration for the participant's performance.

Source: SL 2026, ch 175, § 1.