To promote boxing, MMA, or other unarmed-combat contests in Utah, you post a bond with the Pete Suazo Utah Athletic Commission under Utah Code 9-23-307. This page issues the $20,000 amount your application calls for — ours is $600 flat, 3% of the bond amount.
















Promoter bonds are among the simplest things in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your promoter application before the contest. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$20,000 bond × 3% = $600, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
Utah regulates professional and amateur unarmed combat — boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts — through the Pete Suazo Utah Athletic Commission, under Title 9, Chapter 23 (the Pete Suazo Utah Athletic Commission Act). A promoter must be licensed and approved before holding a contest, and the commission requires a bond.
Under Section 9-23-307, a promoter posts a surety bond (or cashier's check) before approval. The statute sets the floor at the greater of $10,000 or the amount of the purse, and the commission can require more — this page issues the $20,000 amount when that is what your application calls for. The bond backs the purse owed contestants and any taxes and fees owed the commission.
It's a three-party guarantee: you (the principal), the surety, and the State of Utah, with contestants and the commission as the protected parties. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety — so promoters who pay their fighters and remit their fees treat it as a routine filing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$600 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.