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RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING
AMATEUR & PROFESSIONAL STATUS

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  1. STATUS
    • AMATEUR IN SPORTS
      • An athlete who has never participated in competition for money. An athlete who is not paid for his/her performance. An athlete at the beginning learning levels of his/her career.
    • PROFESSIONAL IN SPORTS
      • An athlete who is paid for his/her performance. Paid for their excellence of experience, knowledge and ability of their given sport. An athlete who plays for pay.

  2. PURSE
    • AMATEUR
      • NEVER receives a Fight purse.
      • Amateurs are not allowed to be paid a Fighters Purse or win Money in an Amateur MMA Bout. If you have "EVER" been Paid a fighters PURSE or won any Prize Money in ANY Striking Sport (EX: Kickboxing, MMA, Boxing, MuayThai) you are now considered a PROFESSIONAL fighter FOREVER. You are NOT ALLOWED to jump back and forth from Amateur to Professional and back to Amateur. To read more on this Click HERE and HERE.
    • PRO
      • ONLY Professional Fighters may receive a Paid Purse for their fight performance.

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