Section 35-45-18-1 - "Combative fighting"(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:(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.As added by P.L. 112-2007, SEC.2. Amended by P.L. 160-2009, SEC.49; P.L. 113-2010, SEC.107.