Mich. Admin. Code R. 339.230b - Judging; muay thai

Rule 230b.

(1) Three judges shall evaluate all muay thai contests.

(2) The 10-Point Must Scoring System must be the standard system for scoring a muay thai contest. Under the 10-Point Scoring System, 10 points must be awarded to the winner of the round and 9 points or fewer must be awarded to the loser, except for a rare even round, which is scored 10-10.

(3) Judges shall evaluate the following muay thai techniques:

(a) Effective striking.

(b)Control of the ring.

(c) Effective aggressiveness.

(d) Effective defense.

(4) Evaluation must be made in the order in which the techniques appear in subrule (3) of this rule.

(5) Effective striking is judged by determining the total number of legal strikes landed by a contestant and the significance of these legal strikes.

(6) Ring cage area control is judged by determining who is dictating the pace, location, and position of the contest.

(7) Effective aggressiveness means moving forward and landing a legal strike.

(8) Effective defense means avoiding being struck while countering with offensive attacks.

(9) The judges shall use the following objective scoring criteria when scoring a round:

(a) A round is to be scored as a 10-10 round when both contestants appear to be competing evenly and neither contestant shows clear dominance in a round.

(b) A round is to be scored as a 10-9 round when a contestant wins by a close but clear margin, landing the greater number of effective legal strikes and other maneuvers.

(c) A round is to be scored as a 10-8 round when a contestant wins a round by a wide margin and damages his opponent.

(d) A round is to be scored as a 10-7 round when a contestant totally and completely dominates in a round and damages his or her opponent.

(10) Officials who score the contest shall mark their cards in ink or in indelible pencil at the end of each round.

(11) Officials who score the contest shall sign their scorecards.

(12) Except as provided in subrule (13) of this rule, at the conclusion of each contest, the judges shall total the points for each contestant and indicate the winner by writing the winner's name at the designated area on the scorecard and circle the same name where it appears on the top of the scorecard.

(13) If a contest is scored on individual scorecards for each round, the referee shall, at the end of a round, collect the scorecard for the round from each judge and shall give the scorecards to the department representative for computation.

(14) Referees and judges shall be discreet at all times and shall not discuss their decisions with anyone during an event.

(15) Unless the department representative determines that a computation of the scorecards shows a clerical or mathematical error giving the decision to the wrong contestant, the decision at the end of a muay thai contest must not change. If this error occurs, the department representative may change the decision.

(16) The referee shall collect the scorecards from the judges and give them to the department representative for tabulation. After the cards have been tabulated, the referee shall collect the tabulated scorecards and give them to the announcer, who shall announce the decision to the spectators.

(17) After a contest, the department representative shall collect the scorecards and tabulation sheets and give them to the promoter. The promoter shall maintain the scorecards and tabulation sheets for 1 year pursuant to section 54 a of the act, MCL 338.3654a.

(18) If a referee becomes incapacitated and is unable to complete a mixed martial arts contest, then the other referee previously approved by the department for the event shall assume the duties of the referee.

(19) If a judge becomes incapacitated and is unable to complete the scoring of a muay thai contests, then the referee shall call a time-out and a licensed judge previously approved by the department must score the contest from the point at which he or she assumed the duties of a judge. If the incapacity of a judge is not noticed during a round, the referee shall score that round and the substitute judge shall score all subsequent rounds.

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Mich. Admin. Code R. 339.230b

2023 MR 6, Eff. 3/21/2023