Inivitation
R.C Attitude Promotion invites your Gym to participate in the first Mixed Martial Art (MMA) event in New Zealand on 16th July 2005 at QE II Memorial Park Tauranga.
Mixed Martial Art is the fastest growing full contact sport worldwide.
It's a kind of sport that athletes become professional fighters which give them the opportunity to show and use their skills of the martial art that they have been training for. It's a real fight with real fighters defending their names and Gym's.
Mixed Martial Art was born in Brazil in the mid 1950s which is called Vale-Tudo (no rules) Important Company's and businesses are investing their money to promote this event. And are benefiting from this. For example: The Sky TV promotes PRIDE Fight Competition and also the Ultimate Fight Competition (UFC) in the United States of America.
Today New Zealand is a country which has excellent fighters with excellent backgrounds and is looking for a opportunity to express their skills in the ring which is mixed martial art Events.
R.C Attitude Promotion in N.Z is giving kiwi athletes the chance to participate in the first ever KIWI KING OF THE RING.
If you or your Gym is interested in participating in this event please fell free to contact us before 10th June at:
Roney Da Silva, Kevin Longstaff and Alessandro Custodio.
Promoters of K.K.R.
R.C Attitude
59A Osprey Drive
Welcome Bay
Tauranga
[email protected] 021-2051351
Kiwi King of the Ring Rules & Regulations (2005)
Abridged from the official Rules & Regulations
STANDARD – 2 x 5 minute rounds (1 minute and a half break between rounds)
EXTRA ROUND IN CASE OF DRAW
STANDING (one or both feet only are touching the ground)… Full range of strikes, which include punches, kicks and knees to both the head and the body (excluding head butts and elbows). There are to be absolutely no blows of any kind to the neck, throat, or back of the head. Clinching and standing submissions are legal. All takedowns are legal excepting where the recipient is thrown head first; face first, or onto the neck.
GROUND (when any part of a fighter's person is touching the ground aside from the feet, that fighter is deemed to be "grounded")…Punching to the head and body is legal while both fighters are grounded. Knees to the body only are also legal (no kneeing to the head while either fighter is grounded). As with standing, there are to be absolutely no blows of any kind to the neck, throat, or back of the head while either or both fighters are grounded.
Rules & Regulations
- All fighters will wear official shoot gloves, which will be supplied, or wear their own if deemed suitable by the officials.
- Groin protectors and mouth guards are essential. (Fighters are recommended to get fitted mouth guards for added safety and better breathing.) Kneepads are optional.
- All fighters must present a doctor's certificate before the weigh in including blood test (for Hepatitis and HIV).
- If a fighter comes in over the agreed weight by a considerable amount the opponent who comes in the correct weight will have the right to a points advantage issued before the fight or by arrangement, a share of the purse.
Fouls/Illegal Techniques
- No Biting
- No Eye Gouging (includes the use of chin, elbow etc)
- No Throat strikes
- No fingers in opponents nose or mouth (fish hooking)
- No orifice insertion
- No hair pulling
- No head butting of any kind
- No elbow strikes of any kind
- No Groin attacks
- No single or double digit manipulation
- No spitting on or at your opponent
- No striking an opponent who is unable to defend himself
- No holding on to the ring at all times
- No holding on to your opponents shorts or gloves to create leverage
- No faking an injury
- No throwing an opponent over or through the ring
- No deliberate crawling under the ropes if warned three times you will be disqualified (If the fighters go under the ropes and they are clearly not hindered, the fight will continue. If the fighters go under the ropes to the point where safety is a concern, they will be stood up and the fight resumed from standing.
- No corner interference as this may lead to the fighter's disqualification (i.e.: banging on the ring surface, distracting the referee)
- No heal hooking
- No strikes to the throat and neck standing or on the ground
- No throwing an opponent onto his head or neck (spearing, suplexes, etc.)
Victory Declared By
- Knockout (KO)
- Submission tap – out (either physically tapping or verbal)
- Corner man throws in the towel
- Referee stoppage due to an unwillingness to continue or inability to defend himself
- Referee stoppage due to disqualification by repeated fowl, illegal technique or by offensive behaviour (see *NOTE 1 below)
- Judges Decision (see *NOTE 2 below)
* NOTE 1: If one fighter is deemed to have intentionally fouled their opponent, and the other fighter cannot continue as a result of injury arising from the foul, the injured fighter automatically wins.
If one fighter unintentionally fouls their opponent during the first round, and the other fighter cannot continue as a result of injury arising from the foul, a no contest will be called.
If one fighter unintentionally fouls their opponent during the second or subsequent rounds, and the other fighter cannot continue as a result of injury arising from the foul, the victory will be decided on a count back of the judge's score sheets for the previous round/s.
* NOTE 2: If a fight goes the distance without a victor, the winner will be decided by judge's decision. The fighter who is more dominant will score favourably in the judge's decision. A 10-point system of scoring will be used by the judges to ascertain their decision, 10 points each equals a draw, 10 points to 9 for a slight advantage and 10 points to 8 for domination. (The higher score is awarded to the fighter deemed to be dominant)
Weight Divisions
Bantamweight – 60kg and below
Featherweight – above 60kg to 65kg
Lightweight – above 65kg to 70kg
Welterweight – above 70kg to 77kg
Middleweight – above 77kg to 84kg
Light Heavyweight – above 84kg to 93kg
Heavyweight – above 93kg to 115kg
Super Heavyweight – above 115kg
