# COMAR Title 09 — Maryland Department of Labor

## Subtitle 14 — State Athletic Commission

### Chapter 18 — Muay Thai Regulations — Professional

#### Regulation .09 Knockdown.

*COMAR 09.14.18.09*

A. In the event of a knockdown the referee shall send the standing fighter to a neutral corner and administer a mandatory eight count to the downed fighter.

B. When a fighter is knocked through the ropes and off the platform of the ring and onto a table or the floor by a legal blow or blows, the fighter will receive a mandatory 18 count and must be standing before the count of 20.

C. There is no standing eight count.

D. A fighter who has been knocked down cannot be saved by the bell in any round, including the final round.