{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-76-9-112","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 76-9-112","heading":"Participation in an ultimate fighting match.","body":"(1) Terms defined in Section 76-1-101.5 apply to this section.\n(2) An actor commits participation in an ultimate fighting match if the actor publicizes, promotes, conducts, or engages in a live fighting match in which:\n(a) an admission fee is charged;\n(b) match rules permit professional contestants to use a combination of boxing, kicking, wrestling, hitting, punching, or other combative, contact techniques; and\n(c) match rules do not:\n(i) incorporate a formalized system of combative techniques against which a contestant's performance is judged to determine the prevailing contestant;\n(ii) divide a match into two or more equal and specified time periods for a match total of no more than 50 minutes; or\n(iii) prohibit contestants from:\n(A) using anything that is not part of the human body, except for boxing gloves, to intentionally inflict serious bodily injury upon an opponent through direct contact or the expulsion of a projectile;\n(B) striking an individual who demonstrates an inability to protect the individual's self from the advances of an opponent;\n(C) biting; or\n(D) using direct, intentional, and forceful strikes to the eyes, groin area, adam's apple area of the neck, or temple area of the head.\n(3) A violation of Subsection (2) is a class A misdemeanor.","path":["Title 76 Criminal Offenses","Chapter 76-9 Offenses Against Public Order, Health, and Safety","Part 76-9-1 Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title76/Chapter9/76-9-S112.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"08cc59717cdd698c0af063400da3a1051734dbf3efee896497e9f6e3b32a9858","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-76-9-111","next":"us-ut/utah-code-76-9-113"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}