All medicals are due to be received by this agency no later than 4:30 p.m. three days prior to the scheduled event.  

Every contestant must submit the physical on the prescribed form. The physical must be signed by a licensed physician and conducted no earlier than 60 days prior to the event date.

Every contestant must present negative test results for:

• HIV
• Hepatitis B surface antigen
• Hepatitis C antibody

The communicable disease blood tests must be taken within 180 days of the scheduled contest.

Any fighter producing a positive test result may only be granted clearance to fight upon review by our agency physicians and additional required tests.   

Female fighters must submit a negative pregnancy test taken within the past fourteen days from a doctor or certified laboratory. 

A contestant who attains the age of 40 on the date of the contest must also submit the results of an;

• MRI and MRA Head scan;
• Stress Echocardiogram with Cardiologist clearance; and
• Carotid Doppler exam;

These tests must be dated within 14 days of the event.

A contestant who is found to have competed in a combative sports competition that is unregulated by an athletic commission may be required to undergo professional competitor medical testing requirements.

No contestant will be granted ability to compete unless cleared to compete by an agency physician upon review of submitted medical documents.

The agency, at the discretion of its physicians, may require additional medical testing for the purposes of determining an individual’s fitness to compete.

All contestants must submit to both a pre-fight and post-fight medical evaluation by an agency physician. Contestants must pass the pre-fight exam in order to gain clearance to compete. At the post fight exam, agency physicians may order additional testing in order to gain clearance to compete at a later date.