ISCF
REQUIRED EVENT PERSONNEL

REFEREES

• 1-2 Referee(s):
  • REFEREE'S DECISIONS AND ACTIONS
    1. An officially ISCF appointed or approved ring referee shall oversee the entire match from within the ring to ensure the safety of the fighters.
    2. It is the official ring referee's duty to determine and announce all submissions, knockouts, bout stoppages, warnings, point deductions, and/or disqualifications.
    3. If a fighter looks helpless and receives repeated blows but does not tap out or call out a signal to quit or end the bout, he may be called "out" by the official ring referee and the bout stopped if referee feels it is necessary and awarded to that fighter's opponent.
    4. If a fighter is knocked down to the ring floor by a strike, the bout may continue on the floor. If the downed fighter is unconscious upon contact to the ring floor, the official ring referee shall step between the fighters for the safety of the downed fighter and stop the bout.
    5. If fighters are in jeopardy of falling out or off the designated fighting ring, the official ring referee has the authority for the fighters' safety to stop the bout and re-start the fighters standing in their corners.
    6. If the action of the bout has stalled and neither competitor is working aggressively to gain an advantage, the referee shall warn the competitors to accelerate the action or face a restart. If, after the warning, the action remains stalled, the referee shall stop action and separate the competitors to their respective corners.
    7. If a fighter drops his mouthpiece, the referee shall allow the fighter to replace the mouthpiece during a moment of non-contact between the two fighters. At that time, the referee shall return each fighter to his corner in a standing position and restart the match.
    8. If a fighter drops his mouthpiece 3 times during the entire contest, he will be disqualified from the match and the victory awarded to his opponent.
    9. If the referee wishes to examine a fighter with the doctor's assistance for any concern, the referee will stop action and separate the competitors to their respective corners. At that time, the referee shall signal the timekeeper to stop the time. The referee will then signal the doctor to come into the fighting area to examine the athlete in question, and restart the match, if necessary. If so, the bout shall be restarted with both fighters standing in their respective corners.
    10. In the event that any equipment problems that threatens the safety of the fighters exists, the referee will have the action stopped for repair and the bout restarted, with both fighters standing in their respective corners.
    11. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the referee shall alone determine whether and what warnings and/or point deductions are necessary, or whether disqualification is appropriate, for all rule infractions and violations. In the event of a warning or point deduction, the referee shall stop time and separate the fighters, send each to his corner, indicate the penalty to each judge and scorekeeper, and then restart the bout with both fighters standing.