No. MMA is the sport; the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) is a promotion — a private company that organizes events and crowns its own champions within that sport. The relationship is like the one between basketball and the NBA. (5)
MMA draws on a wide range of disciplines, generally grouped by range. For striking, fighters use boxing (punches and head movement), Muay Thai (kicks, knees, elbows and clinch work), kickboxing and karate (kicking and footwork). For taking the fight to the ground, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling supply takedowns and takedown defense, and judo adds throws.
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No. MMA is the sport; the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) is a promotion — a private company that organizes events and crowns its own champions within that sport. The relationship is like the one between basketball and the NBA.
MMA draws on a wide range of disciplines, generally grouped by range. For striking, fighters use boxing (punches and head movement), Muay Thai (kicks, knees, elbows and clinch work), kickboxing and karate (kicking and footwork). For taking the fight to the ground, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling supply takedowns and takedown defense, and judo adds throws.
There are four main ways to win. A knockout (KO) ends the fight when a legal strike renders an opponent unconscious. A technical knockout (TKO) comes when the referee, a doctor or the opponent's corner stops the bout because a fighter can no longer intelligently defend himself. A submission ends things when a fighter taps out to a choke or joint lock, verbally quits, or is choked unconscious.
Research suggests MMA produces more visible injuries — cuts, bruises and minor damage — but potentially fewer catastrophic brain injuries than boxing. The key reason is the finish: MMA fighters can win by submission or ground-and-pound, and referees tend to stop fights quickly, so a competitor takes fewer repeated head blows than a boxer who is knocked down, given a standing eight-count and allowed to continue over
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