Section 38-6-008 - ELIMINATION TOURNAMENTS008.01 All provisions of statute and regulation pertaining to license and fees, event permits, contracts, tickets, the unified rules, ring requirements, attending physician, judges, referees, matchmakers, timekeepers, seconds, promoters, managers, and medical insurance, in addition to the provisions in this section, will apply to elimination tournaments.008.02 A winning contestant is required to have a minimum of a 30-minute rest interval between bouts. During the 30-minute rest interval, the contestant must be checked and cleared by the attending physician to compete in the next bout. All contestants must undergo pre-bout and post-bout physicals. Any decision of the attending physician is final.008.03 No MMA contestant will be permitted to participate in any licensed bout more than once a day in any seven (7)-day period, except during a scheduled and licensed tournament requiring more than two days to complete. No MMA contestant may be allowed to compete more than once in any calendar day unless the event is a scheduled and licensed amateur MMA tournament and only in accordance with the following: 008.03(A) The competition is a tournament which was approved by the Commissioner a minimum of 21 days prior to the scheduled date of the event. A promoter who is short on the minimum number of required bouts cannot change the card to a tournament in an attempt to make up the shortage pursuant to the rules and regulations;008.03(B) All first-round tournament bouts must be the first bouts on the approved event. Each session must be split by at least a 15-minute intermission followed by a minimum of four (4) non-tournament bouts giving each contestant a minimum 30-minute rest between bouts;008.03(C) Each first session winner must undergo a second pre-bout physical and be cleared to compete in the second session by the attending physician. Any contestant not cleared to compete in the second session will be disqualified and will not be allowed to compete again during the same event;008.03(D) First session losers are out of the competition and may not compete again during the same event; and008.03(E) Under no circumstances can amateur MMA tournament contestants be allowed to compete more than twice on the same day.008.04 An elimination tournament must be a single elimination event with the losing contestant not being allowed to participate in the same program of bouts. If a bout is declared a draw, the judges will reevaluate their scorecards and select a winner. 38 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 6, § 008
Adopted effective 3/21/2022