When Avatar Korra made her debut in the pro-bending ring alongside her Fire Ferret teammates Mako and Bolin, the referees were on duty for the match. As the Avatar had never been in a pro-bending match before, she was not familiar with the rules. In the opening seconds of round one, she used waterbending to knock one of her opponents over the side of the ring, which was not allowed by the rules of pro-bending. The referee called a penalty and ordered Korra to move back to zone two. Soon afterward, he pointed out that she was over the line and administered another one zone penalty. When she exposed herself as the Avatar by earthbending, the official once again called a penalty, but this being the first time the Avatar had stepped into the ring, he was not entirely sure how to deal with the