In order to maintain the fast pace of the action, clinching, holding or ground fighting (grappling) were prohibited.

This gives each fighter about 20 minutes between rounds so he or she can fight full speed for the entire time allowed.

The coach of the team who wins the coin toss is allowed to select which fighter will start the contest.

Three judges score each fight based on knockdowns, extent of damage inflicted, and the volume of clean-scoring strikes landed.

Fighters are expected to follow the referees instructions at all times or be disqualified, which results in the maximum points being awarded to the winner (same as a KO).

The World Combat League was originally televised on the Versus network, which was formerly known as OLN.

[1] On December 1, 2009 ALN announced that they would start airing episodes of the Chuck Norris World Combat League.