154. There shall be a period of rest of 7 days between 2 bouts for a contestant who has fought a bout of 4 rounds or fewer. The rest period shall be 14 days where a contestant has fought a bout of 5 or 6 rounds, 21 days where he has fought a bout of 7, 8 or 9 rounds, and 30 days where he has fought a bout of 10 rounds or more.
During the rest period, a contestant shall not participate as a contestant in the program of a combat sports event.
For the purposes of this section, a ladder tournament is considered to be a single bout provided that each bout in the tournament comprises not more than 5 rounds and a participating contestant may not fight more than 12 rounds in all.