Utah § 76-9-112 - Participation in an ultimate fighting match.

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§ 76-9-112. Participation in an ultimate fighting match.

Effective 5/7/2025
76-9-112.  Participation in an ultimate fighting match.
(1)Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section.
(2)An actor commits participation in an ultimate fighting match if the actor publicizes, promotes, conducts, or engages in a live fighting match in which:
(a)an admission fee is charged;
(b)match rules permit professional contestants to use a combination of boxing, kicking, wrestling, hitting, punching, or other combative, contact techniques; and
(c)match rules do not:
(i)incorporate a formalized system of combative techniques against which a contestant's performance is judged to determine the prevailing contestant;
(ii)divide a match into two or more equal and specified time periods for a match total of no more than 50 minutes; or
(iii)prohibit contestants from:
(A)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;
(B)striking an individual who demonstrates an inability to protect the individual's self from the advances of an opponent;
(C)biting; or
(D)using direct, intentional, and forceful strikes to the eyes, groin area, adam's apple area of the neck, or temple area of the head.
(3)A violation of Subsection (2) is a class A misdemeanor.


Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 173, 2025 General Session

Source: official Utah text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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