(a) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
Extreme Fighting. See the definition of Ultimate Fighting.
Full Contact Fighting. See the definition of Ultimate Fighting.
Ground and Pound Contest. See the definition of Ultimate Fighting.
No-Holds-Barred Fighting. See the definition of Ultimate Fighting.
a) Permanent or protracted body disfigurement;
b) Unconsciousness or trauma;
c) Extreme or continuous pain; and/or
d) Permanent or protracted loss or impairment of a body member or body organ.
Tough Man Contest. See the definition of Ultimate Fighting.
Ultimate Fighting. A live match between or involving two or more contestants:
a) In which contestants compete for a cash purse of any amount, for a trophy or plaque, or for any non-cash purse of more than nominal value; and
b) In which contestants are not licensed as professional contestants in any state; and
c) In which audiences are charged an admission; and
d) In which match rules permit contestants to use a combination of boxing, kicking, wrestling, hitting, punching and other combative contact techniques, and do not:
i. Incorporate a formalized system of combative techniques or a point system against which a contestant’s performance is judged to determine the prevailing contestant; and
ii. Divide a match into two or more equal and specified time periods with a total match time of no more than fifty minutes; and
iii. Prohibit contestants from:
1. Using anything that is not part of the human body, except for boxing gloves, to intentionally inflict serious bodily injury upon an opponent;
2. Striking a grounded opponent or an opponent who demonstrates an inability to protect him or herself from such strikes; or
3. Directing forceful strikes to the groin area, the neck or the temple area of the head, and/or biting, eye gouging, head butting or using choke holds.
(b) Ultimate Fighting is prohibited within the corporate limits of the City.
(c) No person, organization or entity shall promote, conduct, engage or participate in an Ultimate Fighting match within the corporate limits of the City.
(d) The City Attorney or his or her designee may institute in Superior Court or Circuit Court a lawsuit seeking injunctive and all other lawful relief against any individual violating the provisions of this section.
(e) Any person or entity found to be in violation of any provision of this section shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $2,500 for each such violation. Every day that a violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. D-1589-02, 8-12-02)