Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "combative fighting" (also known as "toughman fighting", "badman fighting", and "extreme fighting") means a match, contest, or exhibition that involves at least (2) contestants, with or without gloves or protective headgear, in which the contestants: (1) use their: (A) hands; (B) feet; or (C) both hands and feet; to strike each other; and (2) compete for a financial prize or any item of pecuniary value. (b) The term does not include: (1) a boxing, sparring, or unarmed combat match regulated under IC 4-33-22 ; (2) mixed martial arts (as defined by IC 4-33-22-2 ); (3) martial arts, as regulated by the gaming commission in rules adopted under IC 4-33-22 ; (4) professional wrestling, as regulated by the gaming commission in rules adopted under IC 4-33-22 ; or (5) a match, contest, or game in which a fight breaks out among the participants as an unplanned, spontaneous event and not as an intended part of the match, contest, or game.
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