Title 76
Chapter 9
Part 1
Section 112
| Index | Utah Code |
| Title 76 | Utah Criminal Code |
| Chapter 9 | Offenses Against Public Order, Health, and Safety |
| Part 1 | Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses |
| Section 112 | Participation in an ultimate fighting match.
(Effective 5/7/2025)
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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; |
| (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. |
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| (3) | A violation of Subsection (2) is a class A misdemeanor. |
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter
173, 2025 General Session