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 Nevada Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 6, 2015)
 Chapter467 Unarmed Combat
  FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

  NAC467.427. Requirements for gloves.  

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  • The gloves used in a contest or exhibition must meet the following requirements:

         1. The gloves must be examined by the representative of the Commission and the referee. If padding in any glove is found to be misplaced or lumpy or if any glove is found to be imperfect, the glove must be changed before the contest or exhibition starts. No breaking, roughing or twisting of gloves is permitted.

         2. The gloves for every contest or exhibition that is designated as a main event must be new, furnished by the promoter and made to fit the hands of the unarmed combatant.

         3. If the gloves to be used in preliminary contests or exhibitions have been used before, they must be whole, clean and in sanitary condition. The gloves are subject to inspection by the referee or representative of the Commission. If a glove is found to be unfit, it must be replaced with a glove that meets the requirements of this section.

         4. Each promoter must have an extra set of gloves of the appropriate weight available to be used in case a glove is broken or otherwise damaged during the course of a contest or exhibition.

         5. For contests or exhibitions of boxing and kickboxing, each unarmed combatant must wear gloves which weigh not less than 8 ounces and not more than 10 ounces, except that the Commission will set the weight of the gloves to be used in a championship contest. All gloves must have the distal portion of the thumb attached to the body of the glove so as to minimize the possibility of injury to an opponent’s eye.

         6. For contests or exhibitions of mixed martial arts, each unarmed combatant must wear gloves that weigh not less than 4 ounces and not more than 8 ounces.

         7. Unarmed combatants shall use only those brands and models of gloves that have been approved by the Commission for their contest or exhibition.

     [Athletic Comm’n, §§ 6-10, eff. 4-25-78]—(NAC A 12-13-82; 11-2-88; 12-2-97; R083-00, 9-22-2000; R070-01, 8-31-2001; R058-05, 12-29-2005; R090-07, 12-4-2007)