New York Laws
Article 41 - Combative Sports
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.