Chapter 4. Guam Unarmed Combat Commission

§ 4604. Contents of Ticket; Request to Change Ticket Price or Program Date. (a) Every ticket must have the price, name of the promoter and date of the program of unarmed combat printed plainly on it and must adequately indicate that the event is sanctioned by the GUCC. (b) Reques…

§ 4605. Complimentary Tickets: Limitation on Issuance; Exclusion from Calculation of License Fee; Calculation of Percentage of Price and Service Charge for Payment to Unarmed Combatant. (a) A promoter may not issue complimentary tickets for more than four percent (4%) of the seat…

§ 4606. Issuance of Complimentary Tickets and Tickets at Reduced Rate: Authority and Duties of Promoter; Use of and Liability for Tickets; Disciplinary Action; Fees and Taxes. (a) Each promoter of a contest or exhibition of unarmed combat has charge of all seating arrangements, b…

§ 4607. Admission of Certain Ring Officials; Persons Authorized to Use Commission Badge; Access to Site of 39 Program and Dressing Rooms. (a) The promoter of a program of unarmed combat shall admit to such program any referee, judge, ringside physician, inspector or timekeeper wh…

§ 4608. Allocation of Seats for Media. The promoter may allocate seats for the media, subject to the Commission’s final approval of the allocation.

§ 4609. Reservation of Area for Use by Commission. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (b), for every program of unarmed combat, the promoter of the program shall reserve an area consisting of at least one (1) whole side of the ring, from the ring apron to fifteen (15)…

§ 4610. Speculation in Tickets Prohibited; Restrictions on Changes in Ticket Prices. (a) A promoter who holds a program of unarmed combat 40 shall exercise extraordinary caution to prevent speculation in tickets. (b) The promoter may not sell any tickets for a price other than th…

§ 4611. Tickets Sold at Reduced Rate: Actual Price Charged Must be Stamped on Ticket and Stub. Any ticket for a program of unarmed combat sold for less than the price printed on the ticket must be over-stamped with the actual price charged. The over-stamp must be placed on the pr…

§ 4612. Exchange or Redemption of Tickets; Retention and Destruction of Unsold Tickets. (a) A person may only exchange tickets at the box office. A ticket must not be redeemed after the program of unarmed combat has taken place. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection…

§ 4613. Tickets: Removal and Possession of Stub. (a) A holder of a ticket for a program of unarmed combat must not be allowed: (1) to pass through the gate of the premises where the 41 program is being held, unless his ticket is separated from the stub; or (2) to occupy a seat, u…

§ 4614. Duties of Ushers and Doormen; Responsibility of Promoter; Disciplinary Action. (a) An usher shall see that: (1) patrons get the seats corresponding with their ticket stubs; and (2) anyone who occupies a seat for which he does not have the ticket stub is asked to vacate th…

§ 4615. Readmission Prohibited; Exceptions. A promoter may not issue a ticket to a person for the purpose of readmitting him if he leaves the arena and then wishes to reenter the arena, unless the promoter has obtained the Commission’s written permission for such an issuance. ---…

§ 4701. Sanitation. (a) Each promoter is responsible for and must correct any violation of the regulations of the Commission, or the Department of Public Health, regarding the sanitary condition of dressing rooms, showers, water bottles, towels or other equipment. (b) Physicians …

§ 4702. Provision of Ambulance and Medical Personnel; Alternative Medical Transport; Notice of Program to Emergency Services, Facilities and Personnel. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, a program of unarmed combat must not be held, unless an ambulance and two (2) …

§ 4703. Provision of Emergency Equipment. (a) Each promoter of a program of unarmed combat shall arrange to have emergency equipment on the premises where the program is to be held. The emergency equipment must include, but is not limited to: 44 (1) blankets; (2) a stretcher; (3)…

§ 4704. Dressing Rooms: Persons Authorized to Enter; Promoter to Provide Security. (a) On the day of a contest or exhibition, only the following people are allowed in the dressing room of an unarmed combatant: (1) the manager of the unarmed combatant; (2) the seconds of the unarm…

§ 4705. Requirements for Gloves. The gloves used in a contest or exhibition must meet the following requirements: (a) The gloves must be examined by a representative of the Commission and the referee. If padding in any glove is found to be misplaced or lumpy, or if any glove is f…

§ 4706. Bandages for Hands of Unarmed Combatant. (a) Bandages on the hand of an unarmed combatant may 46 not exceed one (1) winding of surgeon’s adhesive tape, not over one and one half (1 ½) inches wide, and placed directly on the hand to protect the part of the hand near the wr…

§ 4707. Equipment of Chief Second. (a) The chief second shall equip himself with: (1) a clear plastic water bottle; (2) a bucket containing ice; (3) a solution of a kind approved by the Commission for stopping hemorrhaging; (4) adhesive tape; (5) gauze; (6) scissors; and (7) one …

§ 4708. Requirements for Boxing or Kickboxing Ring. A boxing or kickboxing ring must meet the following 47 requirements: (a) The ring must be twenty (20) feet square within the ropes. The ring floor must extend at least eighteen (18) inches beyond the ropes. The ring floor must b…

§ 4709. Requirements for Bell or Gong. There must be a bell or gong at the ring or, if the contest or exhibition is held in a fenced area, at the fenced area, no higher than the floor level of the ring or fenced area. The bell or gong must produce a clear tone easily heard by the…

§ 4710. Equipment of Timekeeper. Every timekeeper shall have the equipment prescribed by the Commission, and shall carry out the duties directed by the representative of the Commission. ---------- ARTICLE 8 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR UNARMED COMBATANTS AND OTHER LICENSEES…

§ 4801. Time Required to Elapse Before Unarmed Combatant Competes in Successive Contest or Exhibition. (a) With respect to contests or exhibitions of boxing or kickboxing, without the special permission of the Commission, an unarmed combatant may not compete on Guam unless: (1) F…

§ 4802. Boxers and Elimination Boxers: Weight Classes; Weight Differences; Weight Loss After Weigh-in. (a) The classes for unarmed combatants who are boxers or elimination boxers and the weights for each class are shown in the following schedule: (1) Strawweight up to 105 lbs. (2…

§ 4803. Unarmed Combatants Required to Submit to Weigh- In and Physical Examination. An unarmed combatant who has signed a bout agreement is subject to an order by the Commission to appear at any time to be: (a) weighed; or (b) examined by any physician whom the Commission may de…

§ 4804. Procedure for Weigh-in. 52 (a) Each unarmed combatant must be weighed in the presence of the public, his opponent, a representative of the Commission, and an official representing the promoter, on scales approved by the Commission at any place designated by the Commission…

§ 4805. Forfeiture for Failure to Make Weight. (a) An unarmed combatant who fails to make the weight agreed upon in his bout agreement forfeits: (1) twenty-five percent (25%) of his purse if no lesser amount is set by the Commission’s representative; or (2) a lesser amount set by…

§ 4806. Physical Examination Required at Weigh-in. A physician designated by the Commission shall give each unarmed combatant a thorough physical examination at the time of his weighing in before a contest or exhibition. 53…

§ 4807. Duties of Promoter Concerning Physical Examination; Fees for Services of Physician; Provision of Temporary or Emergency Treatment to Unarmed Combatant. (a) The promoter shall provide the physician designated by the Commission with a suitable place to examine each unarmed …

§ 4808. Determination by Physician of Fitness of Unarmed Combatant; Report. (a) If the physician who examines an unarmed combatant who has entered into a bout agreement for a contest or exhibition determines that the unarmed combatant is unfit for competition, the unarmed combata…

§ 4809. Unarmed Combatant Must Report Certain Injuries and Illnesses; Physical Examination Required; Payment of Physician. (a) When an unarmed combatant is unable to take part in a contest or exhibition for which he has entered into a bout agreement because of his injury or illne…

§ 4810. Suspension of Licensee for Medical Reason. (a) A licensee who is determined by the examining physician to be unfit to compete or officiate must be suspended until it is shown that he is fit for further competition or officiating. (b) An unarmed combatant suspended for thi…

§ 4811. Female Unarmed Combatants. (a) A female unarmed combatant shall not engage in a contest or exhibition with a male unarmed combatant. (b) In addition to meeting such requirements of this Chapter as are applicable to unarmed combatants generally, a female unarmed combatant …

§ 4901. Unarmed Combatants Must Report Before Contest or Exhibition. Each unarmed combatant must report to the representative of the Commission in charge of dressing rooms before the scheduled time of the first contest or exhibition of a program of unarmed combat.…

§ 4902. Proper Attire and Equipment of Unarmed Combatants. (a) Each unarmed combatant must provide himself with a costume, which is subject to the approval of the Commission, or its representative. (b) Each unarmed combatant must appear in proper attire. 57 The unarmed combatants…

§ 4903. Physical Appearance of Unarmed Combatants. (a) Each unarmed combatant must be clean and present a tidy appearance. (b) The excessive use of grease, or any other foreign substance, may not be used on the face or body of an unarmed combatant. The referees, or the Commission…

§ 4904. Procedure for Use of Scorecards. 58 (a) The Commission’s representative in charge at a contest or exhibition shall, before the start of the contest or exhibition, give scorecards to each judge if the contest or exhibition is being judged. (b) The judges shall score each r…

§ 4905. Method of Judging Boxing Contest or Exhibition. (a) Each judge of a boxing contest or exhibition that is being judged shall score the contest or exhibition and determine the winner through the use of the following system: (1) The better boxer of a round receives ten (10) …

§ 4906. Conduct of Chief Second and Assistant Seconds; Instructions to Unarmed Combatants by Referee. The referee shall, before starting a contest or exhibition, ascertain from each unarmed combatant the name of his chief second, and shall hold the chief second responsible for th…

§ 4907. Limitations on Seconds. (a) No unarmed combatant may have more than three (3) seconds, except that in a contest for a world title, or in a special event, the Commission may authorize four (4) seconds. (b) Only one (1) of the seconds may be inside the ring ropes during a p…

§ 4908. Duties of Ringside Physician. (a) The ringside physician designated by the Commission shall sit at the immediate ringside at every contest or exhibition. A contest or exhibition may not proceed unless the ringside physician is in his seat at ringside. The ringside physici…

§ 4909. Warning Before Start of Round. Ten (10) seconds before the beginning of each round, the timekeeper shall give warning to the seconds of the unarmed combatants by blowing a whistle.

§ 4910. Duration of Round. (a) A round of unarmed combat, other than the final round, includes a period of unarmed combat and a period of rest that follows immediately after the period of unarmed combat. The final round of unarmed combat includes only a period of unarmed combat. …

§ 4911. Persons Allowed in Ring. (a) No persons other than the unarmed combatants and the referee may be in the ring or, if the contest or exhibition is being held in a fenced area, in the fenced area, during the progress of a period of unarmed combat. (b) The referee may, in his…

§ 4912. Fair Blow in Boxing. 61 A fair blow in boxing is one (1) delivered with the padded knuckle part of the glove on the front or side of the head, or the front or side of the body above the belt.…

§ 4913. Acts Constituting Fouls in Boxing. The following acts constitute fouls in boxing: (a) Hitting below the belt. (b) Hitting an opponent who is down or is getting up after being down. (c) Holding an opponent with one hand and hitting with the other. (d) Holding or deliberate…

§ 4914. Duties of Referee; Warnings; Deduction of Points; Disqualification. (a) A referee is responsible for enforcing the rules of the contest or exhibition. He shall not permit unfair practices that may cause injuries to an unarmed combatant. (b) The referee shall warn the unar…

§ 4915. Fouls: Deduction of Points; Effect of Low Blow. (a) If an unarmed combatant fouls his opponent during a contest or exhibition, or commits any other infraction, the referee may penalize him by deducting points from his score, whether or not the foul or infraction was inten…

§ 4916. Fouls: Disqualification; Withholding of Purse. An unarmed combatant guilty of a foul in a contest or exhibition may be disqualified by the referee and his purse ordered withheld by a Commissioner, or the Commission’s representative. Disposition of the purse and the penalt…

§ 4917. Fouls: Intentional. (a) If the referee determines that a contest or exhibition may not continue because of an injury caused by an intentional foul, the unarmed combatant who committed the intentional foul loses by disqualification. (b) If the referee determines that a con…