N.Y. General Business Law § 1000: Definitions

§ 1000. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. "Amateur" means any

participant in a combative sport authorized pursuant to this article who

is not receiving or competing for, and who has never received or

competed for, any purse, money, prize, pecuniary gain, or other thing of

value exceeding seventy-five dollars or the allowable amount established

by the authorized amateur sanctioning entity overseeing the competition.

2. "Authorized sanctioning entity" means an entity allowed to oversee

and conduct combative sports pursuant to regulations promulgated by the

commission.

3. "Combative sport" means any unarmed bout, contest, competition,

match, or exhibition undertaken to entertain an audience, wherein the

participants primarily grapple or wrestle, or deliver blows of any kind

to, or use force in any way to manipulate, the body of another

participant, and wherein the outcome and score depend entirely on such

activities.

4. "Commission" means the state athletic commission as provided for in

section one thousand three of this article, or an agent or employee of

the state athletic commission acting on its behalf.

5. "Mixed martial arts" means a combative sport wherein the rules of

engagement do not limit the participants to a single, systematic,

fighting discipline.

6. "Professional" means any participant in a combative sport

authorized pursuant to this article, other than an amateur, who is

receiving or competing for, or who has ever received or competed for,

any purse, money, prize, pecuniary gain, or other thing exceeding

seventy-five dollars in value.