PROFESSIONAL FIGHT RULES

Techniques allowed:

• All punches to the head and body from standing.
• All punches to the head legs and body while on the ground.
• All kicks to the head legs and body from standing position.
• All kicks to the legs from standing to a grounded opponent.
• All kicks to legs from the ground to a standing opponent.
• All knees to the strikes to head, body and legs from standing position.
• All knees to the body and legs on the ground.
• All elbow strikes to the head body and legs from any position.
• All throws and takedowns (except as listed below).
• All submissions (except as listed below).
• Professional fighters may use the elbow to strike the opponents head in any position, but this must be a proper elbow strike. It must not be a spiking elbow, i.e. using the point of the elbow to drive into the opponents face or head.

Techniques banned:

• No kicks to the head of a grounded opponent.
• No groin strikes.
• No eye gouging.
• No head butts.
• No strikes to the neck or spine.
• No neck cranks which twist the spine.
• No strikes to the elbow or knee joints.
• No full suplex throws.
• No biting.
• No fish hooking.
• No hair pulling.
• No throws that aim your opponents head at the ground.