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ZT Amateur MMA competition rules
Weight categories are as follows:
- Lightweight – over 65.83kg to 70.37kg
- Welterweight over 70.37kg to 77.18kg
- Middleweight over 77.18kg to 83.99kg
- Light Heavyweight – over 83.99kg to 93.07kg
- Heavyweight 93.07kg +
The rules of the competition are as follows:
Bout duration: 1 x 4min round
Ways to win:
Submission by:
- Physical tap out
- Verbal tap out
- Technical knockout by the referee stopping the contest
Decision via the scorecards, including:
- Unanimous decision
- Split decision
- Majority decision
Draw including:
- Unanimous draw
- Majority draw
- Split draw
- Technical decision
- Technical draw
- Disqualification
- Forfeit
- No contest
Referee may restart the round:
- If the fighters reach a stalemate and do not work to improve position or finish
Fouls:
- Butting with your head
- Eye gouging of any kind
- No elbow or forearm strikes.
- No heel hooks
- No neck cranks
- Biting
- Hair pulling
- Fish Hooking
- Groin attacks of any kind
- Putting a finger into any orifice or into any cut or laceration on an opponent
- Small joint manipulation
- Striking to the spine or the back of the head
- Striking downwards using the point of the elbow
- Throat strikes of any kind, including without limitation, grabbing the trachea
- Clawing, pinching or twisting flesh
- Grabbing the clavicle
- Kicking the head of a grounded opponent
- Keeing the body, leg or head (no Knees at all)
- Stomping a grounded opponent
- Kicking to the kidney with a heel
- Spiking an opponent to the canvas on his head or neck
- Throwing an opponent out of the ring or fenced area
- Holding the shorts or gloves of an opponent
- Spitting at an opponent
- Engaging in the un-sportsman-like conduct that causes an injury to an opponent
- Holding the ropes or the fence
- Using abusive language in the ring or fenced area
- Attacking an opponent on or during a break
- Attacking an opponent who is under the care of the referee
- Attacking an opponent after the bell has sounded the end of the period of unarmed combat
- Flagrantly disregarding the instructions of the referee.
- Timidity including, without limitation, avoiding contact with an opponent, intentionally or consistently dropping the mouthpiece or faking an injury
- Interference by the corner
Please note: Punches to the head of a standing or grounded opponent are allowed.
Equipment
- Gum shield
- Groin protector
- Shin guards
- 8oz Sparmaster/Fairtex MMA gloves or similar
- No equipment will be supplied by ZT Fight Skool
