Get licensed to fight.

Four steps

1. Get a physical

   Take KBWC's Physical Report form to your appointment. You fill in pages 1 and 2; the doctor does 3 and 4 and checks the "is medically fit" box. Have an MD or DO sign it: the form's first page says other signatures won't be accepted.

   The physical can't be more than 90 days old when you apply, so do this first and apply soon after.

   Physical Report PDF · 4 pages
   kbwc.ky.gov/Documents/Physical%20Exam%20Form.pdf 201 KAR 27:008 §3

2. Get your bloodwork

   Ask the doctor to order these at your physical:

   • HIV antibody
   • Hepatitis B antigen
   • Hepatitis C antibody

   Get a copy of the lab report to upload. The results have to be less than a year old on fight night (drawn on or after Dec 5 2025). A positive result means you can't compete.

   201 KAR 27:016 §4(5)

3. Apply online

   First Kentucky license: start on the eServices home page. It asks for your name, date of birth and Social Security number, then walks you through the application. Upload your signed Physical Report and your bloodwork results there. Check Amateur MMA or Professional MMA.

   Licensed with KBWC before: sign in (or create your account) and renew or apply from there.

   Started and didn't finish? Enter your reference number on the home page to pick up where you left off. Call KBWC to confirm the license fee.

   First license Licensed before: sign in
   kbwc.ky.gov/KWBC/home · kbwc.ky.gov/KWBC/login 201 KAR 27:008 §1–2

4. Check your license

   Look yourself up on KBWC's license search before fight week. Not there? Call them.

   License search
   kbwc.ky.gov/KWBC/search

Saving and printing: the forms open in your phone's PDF viewer. iPhone: tap Share, then Save to Files or Print. Android: tap ⋮, then Download or Print. No printer? Your gym, a library, or a UPS Store can print them.

Can't apply online?

Fill out KBWC's MMA/Boxing Contestant Application in ink and mail or hand-deliver it with a copy of your government photo ID, the signed Physical Report, the original or a certified copy of your bloodwork, and the license fee by check or money order to "Kentucky State Treasurer". KBWC's office is closed weekends, so mailed paperwork has to arrive by Fri Nov 13. Allow for the mail.

Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Commission
500 Mero St, 2NC18
Frankfort, KY 40601

Already licensed this year?

A KBWC license runs Jan 1 to Dec 31, so a 2026 license covers Dec 5. Check it on the license search, and make sure KBWC has bloodwork from after Dec 5 2025. If yours is older, get new tests and upload them on eServices.

Fight day

• Weigh-ins are 10 AM.
• You fill out a pre-fight medical questionnaire, then a doctor examines you within 8 hours of the show. 201 KAR 27:016 §4(6)
• Women: proof you're not pregnant, either a lab test from the past week or a test taken at the venue. 201 KAR 27:016 §20(2)
• Bring a properly fitted groin protector and a double-arch mouthpiece. 201 KAR 27:016 §7(4)
• Amateur bouts: no elbows to the head. Rounds are up to 3 minutes with 90 seconds' rest. 201 KAR 27:016 §9, §23

Coming back from a KO or injury

A knockout means at least 60 days out. To be cleared, your doctor's office faxes or mails KBWC the Medical Release Form; you don't send it yourself. KBWC may also ask for a neurological evaluation, done by a neurologist or neurosurgeon. Only use these forms if this applies to you.

Questions

Licensing questions go to KBWC: (502) 564-0085 · kbwc@ky.gov · fax (502) 696-3938. Questions about your bout go to Ronin.