MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) Introduction

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a competitive fighting sport with extremely open rules; MMA matches can be fought standing or on the ground, and allow fighters to use boxing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay thai, wrestling, karate and other techniques; MMA's beginnings can be traced back to the ancient Greek gladiatorial combat and ancient Chinese boxing, and was pioneered in the modern era by Brazil's ValeTudo (unlimited fighting). (ValeTudo) to open its precedent, followed by Bruce Lee's exploration of the concept and form of fighting for its contribution to the end of the twentieth century, the UFC's organization marked the official birth of the modern MMA, the new century, with the UFC, M-1, PRIDE FC, and other professional mixed martial arts tournaments, MMA has become a popular mainstream combat sports.

MMA (Mixed Martial Arts)

Often translated as Mixed Martial Arts or Mixed Martial Arts, it is a competitive fighting sport with extremely open rules.MMA rules of the game, the world's top scale is the largest professional competition is the UFC, the UFC is currently organizing more than 20 pay-per-view matches every year to broadcast live, the event ring for the The iconic octagon, signed UFC professional fighters are through a systematic and scientific fighting training, with the ability to comprehensively use a variety of fighting techniques.

The rules of MMA treat all martial arts equally, and practitioners of different styles of martial arts can compete in the same arena under unified rules.

The UFC is the world's largest MMA tournament. The UFC is called the Ultimate Fighting Championship in Chinese, and is often called "cage fighting" because it takes place in a mesh octagonal cage.

Mixed martial arts is not a fighting art in itself, but it is a combination of various fighting techniques to form a comprehensive model.

MMA is generally made up of striking and grappling techniques. But MMA is not just a combination of several fighting styles, and it is not just practicing a combination like Muay Thai + Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to be able to fight in a MMA match. A fighter who simply uses Muay Thai while standing and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu while down is not a good MMA fighter. MMA fighters must organically blend stand-up fighting (e.g., Sanshou, Muay Thai, Kickboxing) with wrestling and bedding techniques. Competitors must integrate the various fighting techniques and develop a strategy that fits their characteristics.

Competition fold

MMA competition is the mixed martial arts mode of competition, MMA competition is a kind of allow a variety of martial arts skills to participate in the contest, MMA rules for all martial arts equally, different fighting skills practitioners can be in the unified rules of the same field [1]. PRIDE, UFC, Strike

Force is the world famous MMA mode of competition. MMA format competitions. Mixed Martial Arts

The modern sport of MMA combines a variety of sports such as kickboxing, judo and wrestling, making it a very exciting sport.MMA has unified rules of competition, and the rules of the game are set in an unbiased way, which neither favors a certain martial arts skill nor puts a certain martial arts skill at a disadvantage. Competitors can use a variety of techniques such as punches, kicks, holds, locks, and strangles. Matches can be held in the same ring as a boxing ring, or in an octagonal arena with guardrails. Matches are won in a similar manner to boxing, i.e., KO win, dominant victory, doctor's stoppage, opponent's forfeit, scorecards, or disqualification. However, the difference with boxing or kickboxing is that a competitor can also win a match by making their opponent concede. A victory achieved by forcing an opponent to concede defeat using submission techniques such as anti-joint techniques and choking techniques in judo and jiu-jitsu is called a submission victory. When a contestant is successful in deploying submission techniques by an opponent or is unwilling to continue the fight after being hit by a heavy punch, he or she may tap out and concede. In MMA, submitting an opponent and forcing him to tap out is an important means of winning a fight. MMA fights are fluid and clear, and when a fighter is down, the fight continues and the referee rarely calls a timeout. Competition weight classes are divided in much the same way as boxing, wrestling, judo and sparring. Non-title fights are generally three rounds; title fights are generally five rounds; each round lasts five minutes, with a one-minute break between every two rounds.

Historical traceability

Competitive mixed martial arts can be traced back to the thirty-third Olympiad, known at the time as Pankration, during the Ancient Greek period in 648 B.C.E. The perfect participant would have to be either the best wrestler among the boxers, or the best boxer among the wrestlers[2]. Participants needed not only high and comprehensive martial arts skills, but also good courage, psychological quality and tactical arrangement were the key factors to win the competition. In ancient times, the fighting competitions were irregular and were fought to the death, for example, the Roman Colosseum used to be used for competitions, and during the competitions, the contestants could use any moves, and they could use boxing, Ancient Greek combat, wrestling, and other fighting arts. Mixed Martial Arts

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In recent years, the kicking, beating, wrestling and taking everything mixed martial arts competition has undoubtedly become the mainstream of the world ring competition, on the cross training (cross training) and MMA (Mixed Martial

Arts English abbreviation, that is, Mixed Martial Arts) professional discussion, there is no doubt that the international martial arts scene has been firmly occupied. The international martial arts world has firmly occupied the right to speak, and from this traceability, the international martial arts world authorities invariably will today's world of mixed martial arts pioneering ideological guidance and practical enlightenment, attributed to Bruce Lee. Because as early as the 1966s, when the traditional martial arts community is still boxing gloves and inch-stop style competition as the main body of training and competition, still enjoying the almost mysterious "one-strike" stunts, Los Angeles Zhenfan National Martial Arts Museum during the time of Bruce Lee has been through a lot of improved training tools and improve the training methodology, and began to cross schools, cross-field cross-training. Schools, cross-training, as well as kicking, punching, wrestling and taking unlimited the author called "JKDMMA, Jiekwondo Mixed Martial Arts," the practice of mixed martial arts, which is regarded by some martial arts commentators at home and abroad as the beginning of the globalization of the modern mixed martial arts movement.

Bruce Lee advocated the idea of unrestricted combat more than 30 years ago, the idea of Jeet Kune Do, as well as through the opening of "Dragon Warrior" and Sammo Hung that is full of epochal significance of modern unrestricted fighting allegory, and ultimately in the 1993s, directly inspired the world's first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) organizers: so that the different schools of martial arts in the closest to the actual combat situation of quasi-unlimited rules, and who is the stronger? who is actually stronger? That is, in the match is allowed to use kicks and punches, elbows mixed martial arts knees, wrestling holds, joint techniques, strangulation techniques and other techniques of any genre, even after the contestant is on the ground can still continue to attack, until one side is completely submissive, in order to maximize the closeness to the reality of the unlimited combat, as a result, Brazilian jiu-jitsu Hoyce Gracie won the first UFC competition of the year, which was held in the UFC's first UFC competition. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Hoyce Gracie cold won a number of championships, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for the first time to break the traditional view of the strongest martial arts, cross-genre unrestricted fighting competition thus began to take the world by storm. Initially, in these tournaments, the competitors were divided into different disciplines, while jiu-jitsu and wrestling competitors were the most popular and dominated the world, but as the practice of UFC continues to deepen, the new "conservative" view of martial arts, which was once believed to be the strongest in the world of jiu-jitsu, is once again being ruthlessly shattered - because those disciplines are blurred and the world of jiu-jitsu has been destroyed. As a result of the blurring of the boundaries between the disciplines, MMA fighters, who are proficient in both stand-up and ground techniques, have begun to dominate the sport by a wide margin.

As history unfolds, Bruce Lee's insight that martial arts can only be truly fresh, lively, and dynamic when artificial boundaries between disciplines and races are eliminated, and that "only a well-rounded martial art can handle any situation" - whether it be kickboxing or boxing - will not be the same as the other martial arts. Whether it is kickboxing or jiu-jitsu, no one is stronger than the other, but only a comprehensive combination of three-dimensional application, can truly be based on the contemporary mixed martial arts ring. Currently, in Japan, the United States, Brazil, Russia and other countries such mixed martial arts tournaments for a time endless, rapid evolution, although the name is different, but collectively referred to as MMA competition. And it is no coincidence that today's hottest MMA tournament players mainstream dress and protective gear, live is the "Dragon Warrior" in the opening unrestricted fighting, Bruce Lee and Sammo Hung's dress and protective gear of the replica.

For Bruce Lee's pioneering contribution to MMA, Japan's authoritative martial arts magazine <Full Contact Karate>> Magazine had a clear title: 'The great Chinese martial artist Bruce Lee: the originator of Mixed Martial Arts'. 2007, at the Spike

TV's 'Bruce Lee Day' commemorative event, the U.S.A.'s Bruce Lee Day,' was held in the United States. In 2007, at Spike

TV's "Bruce Lee Day" commemorative event, UFC president Dana White openly referred to Bruce Lee as "The father of Mixed Martial

Arts".

Before the rise of MMA, the world ring is the world of stand-up free fighting, and today the formation of the world martial arts world of full-contact free fighting ring system, its main promoter can be traced back to the early 1970s, known as the United States "kickboxing ancestor" Joe Louis, and Joe Louis, who is the father of the UFC, is the father of MMA, and the father of kickboxing, and he has been the father of the UFC for many years, but he is not the father of MMA. Joe Louis, and Joe Louis is one of Bruce Lee's three champions. Joe Louis was one of Bruce Lee's three champion-level disciples, and his idea of a full-contact free-for-all professional tournament came directly from his mentor, Bruce Lee.

Introduced in various countries

The Gracie family introduced MMA to the U.S. in 1993 with the Ultimate Fighting

Championship (UFC), which allows any martial art (karate, judo, sumo, free sparring, etc.) to be competed in conjunction with any Olympic sport (boxing, judo, sumo, free sparring, etc.). (e.g. boxing, judo, wrestling, taekwondo) to compete and decide which kung fu is the best under uniform rules.The UFC allowed American audiences to see different fighting arts compete against each other in the same venue for the first time. To date, the UFC has become the most influential MMA competition in the world and is recognized as one of the most entertaining and competitive sporting events in the world.The success of the UFC has been supported by a huge amount of support from the international martial arts community. Now, the champions of the Olympic Games and World Championships and martial arts masters from all parties are required to participate in the UFC. the success of the UFC has led to the development of MMA sports worldwide, and MMA has become a globalized and popular sport. To date, MMA is more popular than Mixed Martial Arts

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tournaments have become officially legal in all 50 states across the United States. In addition to the monthly UFC fights; there are nearly 100 different organizations across the United States that host their own MMA fights.

MMA has been practiced in Russia, England, France, Germany, Spain, Finland, Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark, and other European countries. In Asia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines and other regions have also begun to organize their own MMA competitions. It is worth mentioning that Japan has become another MMA developed country after the U.S. PRIDE is the largest MMA organization in Japan, and is ranked as one of the world's leading MMA competitions along with the UFC. PRIDE usually holds a tournament in Japan once a month, and the audience alone reaches tens of thousands of people. Even the Japanese K-1 organization, which has always been famous for its kickboxing competitions, has now begun to convert half of its fights into MMA matches.

MMA matches have gradually become the ultimate development direction of the world's combat class. Modern professional MMA athletes are highly skilled fighters who have undergone years of specialized training. The MMA athletes nowadays are all top level fighters in the world. Former Olympic and World Championship champions in wrestling, judo, karate, kickboxing, and jiu-jitsu make up the ranks of MMA excellence. When we stand on the new starting point of the 21st century, looking at the world martial arts world; integrated martial arts competition has become the mainstream concept of all types of advanced martial arts competitions in the world martial arts world today.

Safety

Fact Sheet

Some people may associate the mention of MMA with blood and violence, so is MMA competition safe as a worldwide legalized sport? To the untrained MMA practitioner, mixed martial arts competition may seem unsafe on the surface [3]. In fact, this is a big misconception. Modern MMA is supposedly a very safe sport and maintains a fairly good safety record. In its more than eighty years of competition history, there has been only one recorded fatality (a poorly managed unsanctioned tournament in Russia in 1998). In other sports, such as sparring, boxing, wrestling, soccer, and even tug-of-war, there have been more casualty records. In fact, the exaggerated portrayal of the sport of MMA is just a commercial hype, a gimmick solely to attract more viewers.

Specific data

The following is a set of casualty statistics for MMA and other sports:

International Shudo (Japan's leading MMA competition organization) Commission:

Six years*** 482 fights six years*** 146 injuries

Injury rate 9.5% (five-minute rounds) to date*** 1 death. *** counts 1 fatality, U.S. Amateur Boxing Federation (1998-2003): averaged 25,000 amateur fights and 5,000 professional fights per year. *** Counts 9,183 injuries.

Injury rate of 30% (rounds in thirds)

Average of 3 deaths per year (1.3 deaths per 1,000)

USA Rugby (1998 to 2003):

Average of 12 athlete deaths per year from training

Average of 8 athlete deaths per year from competition MMA

An average of 3 athletes die from heat stroke each year

An average of 250,000 concussions each year

1998 through 2003:

Racing averaged 32 deaths per year (since 1990, *** counting 260 deaths, 29 spectators and 5 children)

Horse racing *** counting 128 deaths

Rules of the Game

The sport of MMA has such a good safety record, largely because its rules are safer and more humane, and athletes suffer far fewer injuries than in other sports. By continually improving its rules over the past decade, the sport of MMA has perfected the blend of spectacle and safety.

Take the rules of boxing and kickboxing as an example: only punches, elbows, kicks and kicks are allowed to be used in a match, and the match generally lasts five to ten rounds, with the referee counting the seconds after a contestant is knocked down. This means that in boxing and kickboxing, competitors have to hit their opponent's vitals several times in a row to win; and after being knocked down, they have eight to ten seconds to resume the fight. In addition to being KO'd or forfeited, lesser fighters must endure seconds and long rounds of torture. Because critical areas such as the head, face, and ribs are often hit hard, common injuries to boxing and kickboxing athletes are concussions, facial hemorrhages, and in severe cases, fatal injuries such as brain damage and internal bleeding. So the high casualty and risk record of boxing is closely related to its rules.

The design of the rules

The good safety of MMA matches mainly comes from its reasonable and humanized design of the rules:

In MMA matches, you can use wrestling and holding techniques to subdue the opponent, thus greatly reducing the number of strikes.

The match continues after the fall, and the competitor can use joints and strangles while controlling the position through ground fighting techniques, thus achieving the goal of subduing the opponent without any bloodshed.

During the match, the player can take the initiative to admit defeat, and the attacker will stop attacking after the opponent admits defeat. This is a good example of the civilization of kung fu, where the opponent can be subdued without injury.

The MMA split-finger gloves are more convenient to use wrestling, taking, joint techniques, strangulation and other light injury techniques, and these gloves are lighter than boxing gloves, not only to prevent the hand from being injured in the fight, but also reduce the strength of the player's strikes, which improves the safety coefficient of the game.

MMA eliminates the seconds after knockout rule, which allows the referee to terminate the fight as soon as the fighter becomes unconscious after being knocked down; in this way, the fighter will not be able to fight while unconscious.

As a result, injuries to fighters are usually soft wounds such as scrapes, cuts, or bruises; minor injuries to fingers, toes, and the face; and serious injuries are rare.

In a sense, modern MMA fights are actually a substitute for boxing and kickboxing, and the sport has not only succeeded in minimizing injuries, but has also greatly improved the spectacle and fluidity of the fights. Therefore, MMA matches can be said to have brought a revolution in safety and spectacle to the history of modern sports combat.