Md. Code, Bus. Reg. § 4-101

(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Boxing” includes sparring. (c) “Commission” means the State Athletic Commission. (d) (1) “Contest” means a boxing, kick boxing, or wrestling: (i) competition; (ii) exhibition; (iii) match; (iv) performance; or (v) show. (2) “Contest” includes a mixed martial arts: (i) competition; (ii) match; (iii) performance; or (iv) show. (3) “Contest” does not include a mixed martial arts exhibition. (e) “Contestant” means an individual who participates in a boxing, professional kick boxing, amateur kick boxing, professional mixed martial arts, or amateur mixed martial arts contest. (f) “Mixed martial arts” means a competition in which contestants use interdisciplinary forms of fighting, including various forms of martial arts, involving: (1) striking with the hands, feet, knees, or elbows; and (2) grappling by take–downs, throws, submissions, or choke holds. (g) “Mixed martial arts exhibition” means mixed martial arts where: (1) contact to the body is permitted in only a restrained manner; (2) contact to the head is not permitted; and (3) no contact is permitted that may result, or is intended to result, in physical harm to an opponent.