Ala. Code § 41-9-1028
A member or employee of the commission and any person who administers or enforces this article or rules adopted in accordance with this article shall not be a member of, contract with, or receive any compensation from any person or organization who authorizes, arranges, or promotes matches, contests, or exhibitions of professional boxing, professional bare knuckle boxing, tough man contests, professional wrestling, amateur mixed martial arts, or professional mixed martial arts or who otherwise has a financial interest in any activity or licensee regulated by the commission. The term compensation does not include funds held in escrow for payment to another person in connection with a professional match, contest, or exhibition of boxing, bare knuckle boxing, wrestling, or mixed martial arts.
Ala. Code § 41-9-1028 (1975)