KS combat-sports promoter bonds.
$100 flat.
Kansas requires a professional boxing, kickboxing, full-contact karate, or MMA promoter to post security before promoting an event — a $10,000 surety bond filed with the Athletic Commission. Ours is $100 flat, issued instantly — the application collects no credit information.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Promoter bonds are about as simple as surety gets. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials and no credit fields on this $10,000 bond.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed promoter bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Athletic Commission
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your promoter license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Kansas regulates professional combat sports through the Athletic Commission in the Department of Commerce. Before a promoter can hold a professional boxing, kickboxing, full-contact karate, or mixed-martial-arts event, the Commission requires a form of security — a $10,000 surety bond is the standard choice.
The bond is a performance-and-payment guarantee: it backs the promoter's obligations under the Commission's rules, including paying contestants, officials, and Commission fees and taxes tied to the event. If a promoter fails to meet those obligations, the harmed party — or the Commission — can claim against the bond.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Kansas (the obligee). If a valid claim is paid, you repay the surety — it is not insurance for you. The Commission also accepts an irrevocable letter of credit, but a surety bond is usually the cheapest way to satisfy the requirement.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this $10,000 bond's application doesn't collect credit information. It renews on the Commission's statutory July 1 date.
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$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued the same sitting. Free until issued.