Baseball is not a combat sport, and people shouldn't be delivering combat-sport punches or combat-sport takedowns on a baseball diamond.
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That is something we don't see enough of in any combat sport.
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Combat sport statistician Compubox highlighted three statistics that help explain Joshua&aposs victory.
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Combat sport isn't just about knockouts; it's also about power — and who wields it.
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And Compubox, a data specialist in combat sport, used statistics to help explain why.
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Can you say a bit about your plans to transform hooliganism into a combat sport?
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Electoral politics is a combat sport, and for him is not a light contact sport.
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Wushu has two branches: taolu, which are rehearsed forms, and sanda, which is a combat sport.
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In the United States, wrestling is the only combat sport regularly available to children in schools.
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In moving from boxing to MMA, Hardy didn't exactly become the Neil Armstrong of combat sport crossovers.
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Even if his MMA career is over, there is also speculation he could still take up another combat sport.
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Technique: Judo is squarely a combat sport, with a mixture of quick thinking and power essential for top competitors.
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Technique: Judo is squarely a combat sport, with a mixture of quick thinking and power essential for top competitors.
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"Nikitin seems to be able to overcome that, because of his history and his action-seeking combat sport," said Claus.
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Boxing is a combat sport and if the level of opposition is not properly matched it can be very dangerous.
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At 216-years-old, Bee jumped into the local combat sport, hoping to earn money for himself and his family.
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So why would he step up to get his face beaten in the brutal combat sport of Bare-Knuckle Fighting?
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Even so, they struggled to endure the rigours of combat sport, with repairs being made between, and sometimes during, fights.
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"Yod's kicks are arguably the hardest strike of any athlete in any combat sport," says MMA and kickboxing commentator Michael Schiavello.
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This is the first mixed-martial-arts (MMA) event held in New York state, where the combat sport was outlawed until recently.
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And why in the world would he want to let me go into another combat sport, where I could potentially get injured?
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No other combat sport athlete came close to earning what Mexican boxer Saul "Canelo" Alvarez did over the course of last year.
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Although legislative politics sometimes resembles a combat sport, where one side must bludgeon the other for a victory, the two are fundamentally different.
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One of the biggest reasons for the downturn in New York boxing shows has to do with the entrance of another combat sport.
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We're living in an era when public consciousness is becoming acutely aware that MMA will replace boxing as the preeminent major league combat sport.
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Then there were the rest of us, the world, with the combat-sport spectacle available for broadcast in more than 200 countries and territories.
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For more information on the IOC's provisional recommendation for cheerleading and the combat sport Muay Thai, check out this Times article from December 6.
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Feldman founded the BKFC in 2018 and in a near two year existence, he has overseen arguably the fastest-growing combat sport in the business.
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The Greek heavy events were also part of Roman sport, but their favorite combat sport was the gladiator contests that took place in the Coliseum.
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Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a combat sport that utilizes striking, throwing, and grappling techniques to defeat the opponent — both standing up and on the ground.
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However, he has never competed professionally in any other form of combat sport, making his decision to sign with an MMA brand all the more surprising.
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Fighting might be considered a "combat sport," but in most sports the wear and tear is a side effect of trying to stay at peak performance.
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Once derided as "human cockfighting", the combat sport of mixed martial arts (MMA) is gaining global popularity and spurring investors to pour large sums into promotion companies.
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Floyd says he's got more than $100,000,000 invested in NYC real estate projects -- and that's more important to him right now than learning a new combat sport.
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This self-defense hand-to-hand combat sport focuses on damaging the weak spots of an opponent's body — so no one is saying "good game" after the fight.
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When that partnership dissolved, MMA was on the rise and quickly displaced what was at the time the only popular combat sport on American television other than boxing.
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Karate Combat fuses the venerable combat sport with video game-like elements, such as allowing spectators to view a fighter's vital signs in real time during a contest.
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The films shows how a young Madadi was given his introduction to combat sport through the Uppsala Athletics Club, where he trained in wrestling as a young teenager.
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"What's so dangerous about him is he's offering this very special mix of fascist combat training, along with an event culture for hooligans who want to do combat sport," says Claus.
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Qiu Jianliang is another one of those fighters who is somewhat obscured not only by being involved in a niche combat sport, but also by a different culture and time zone.
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That day may soon come, but what's unique about this situation is of course the McGregor factor, as the ascendent star of the world's ascendent combat sport rises to the challenge.
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He plans to gain further acceptance via a series of hooliganism-related ventures, including a scheme to transform match-day thuggery into a combat sport and a hooligan-themed cooking show.
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Because in a young and controversial combat sport where most are desperate to avoid a high profile fatality, doing either with frequency would be an excellent way to get people killed.
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The rise of MMA in the early 1990s contributed to the decline of kickboxing as well, eclipsing kickboxing as a combat sport and changing the focus of many would-be kickboxers.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (Reuters) - New York's state assembly on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to legalize mixed martial arts fights, effectively ending the last remaining statewide ban on the combat sport in the United States.
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"Only my daughter could turn an Easter egg hunt into a combat sport😂😂😂 No more nice dresses if there's competition involved," he wrote alongside a series of shots of Kai.
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That boxer is Claressa Shields, a fighter fast-developing as a top tier attraction in combat sport after beating her overmatched opponent Ivana Habazin in every minute of every round in Atlantic City.
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Boxing has long been considered the powerhouse combat sport, but the balance of power has swung wildly towards market-leading mixed martial arts firm UFC — and it&aposs largely because of Conor McGregor.
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But this baroque celebration of America's favorite not entirely lethal combat sport made for a stark contrast with the struggles experienced by Miami locals far outside the orbit of the glittering Hard Rock stadium.
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Since the 1970s, when Antonio Inoki founded it, New Japan and the style of wrestling it evangelized—wrestling as combat sport, not carnival act—has served as a reference point for the wrestling cognoscenti.
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Jouban -- who's a Versace model when he's not fighting (hence the killer good looks) -- says non-combat sport athletes like baseball, soccer and basketball players usually SUCK at fighting ... but Odor proved everyone wrong!
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"Only my daughter could turn an Easter egg hunt into a combat sport😂😂😂 No more nice dresses if there's competition involved," he wrote alongside a series of shots of his daughter Kai.
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Although the combat sport has its origins in Ancient Greece and West Asia, formalization of its rules and popularization as a pastime occurred in Great Britain and the US over the last three hundred years.
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Instead, he holds the lightweight and welterweight titles in mixed martial arts ( MMA), an emerging combat sport where striking and grappling with both hands and legs is allowed, both while standing and on the ground.
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As for when we'll see her fight, Helen insists she still hasn't made up her mind on the move to MMA ... but all signs seems to be pointing to a foray into the combat sport.
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It begins: When I initially read about Jesselyn Silva, known as "JessZilla," the ambitious young boxer featured in this film, I loved the idea of profiling a young girl's journey in a male-dominated combat sport.
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Op-Docs When I initially read about Jesselyn Silva, known as "JessZilla," the ambitious young boxer featured in this film, I loved the idea of profiling a young girl's journey in a male-dominated combat sport.
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The twin branches of his business have grown symbiotically since he launched the brand in Russia 220 years ago, gradually establishing White Rex as a preferred label in Europe's white nationalist combat sport and football hooligan scene.
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This announcement may not be on the same scale of the UFC's TV deal with FOX in the USA, but then MMA was already established as a popular, mainstream combat sport in the States at that point in time.
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To prepare for some of her movie roles, Jolie supposedly learned a combination of Muay Thai (a type of combat sport) and Krav Maga (a military-style fighting system) and practiced them for hours a few times per week.
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At 42-years-old, Sapp isn't a competitive fighter and is merely a stepping stone for young or local talent promoted by irresponsible match makers—benefitting from the Asian and European MMA scenes lacking in official combat sport sanctioning bodies.
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Just think about it: This week as Bruce Buffer takes to YouTube on their behalf, Kidder's students are writing about the physical dangers of combat sport, and next week they'll be taking on the war between MMA and Meryl Streep.
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Phogat won gold at the 2016 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship but switched to the combat sport of mixed martial arts (MMA) in February, much to the disappointment of India's wrestling federation who saw her as a strong medal contender in the 48kg category at Tokyo 2020.
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When New York became the last state to legalize professional MMA in 2016, the new law came with a major caveat: For every athlete competing in a combat sport, promoters were required to provide $1 million of insurance covering any potential life-threatening brain injury.
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Until kickboxing in the U.S. can unify itself and provide real career goals, it will continue to play lag behind MMA and we as fans will miss out on the epic striking battles that punctuated much of the 1970s and 80s combat sport world.
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And so at Rizin 13, as Horiguchi strides into the greatest test of his career, tasked with besting an unbeaten fighting prodigy in a completely different combat sport, he does so having laid to rest both his teacher and his idol in a few short months.
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In a report released yesterday titled, "Decree relating to technical regulations and security for public combat sport events," the French Sports Ministry laid out a series of guidelines and prohibitions that, while never mentioning MMA by name, would make the presentation of the sport nearly impossible.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The International Olympic Committee's executive board voted on Tuesday to recognize cheerleading and the combat sport Muay Thai, meaning that the governing body for each sport will receive at least $25,000 annually from the committee and have the opportunity to apply for additional grants.
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Both Jones and Young deserve to fight in the big leagues and make the big money, but the road to glory for an amateur is a long one, beset on all sides by financial and self-marketing hurdles, not to mention the labyrinthine world of combat sport associations and private promotions.
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There are also major martial arts and combat sport competitions in the continent.
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A traditional, bare-knuckle, combat sport of Venda people. It resembles bare-knuckle boxing.
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He also founded the International Shootfighting Association to promote shootfighting as a combat sport.
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Before joining WWE, Li was a lifelong combat-sport athlete, fighting in the martial art of wushu.
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A combat sport is a competitive contact sport where two combatants fight against each other using certain rules of engagement.
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ONE Hero Series December was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on December 16, 2019 in Beijing, China.
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ONE Hero Series January was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on January 28, 2019 in Beijing, China.
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ONE Hero Series February was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on February 25, 2019 in Beijing, China.
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ONE Warrior Series 4 was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on February 28, 2019 in Kallang, Singapore.
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ONE Hero Series March was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on March 25, 2019 in Beijing, China.
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ONE Hero Series April was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on April 22, 2019 in Beijing, China.
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ONE Warrior Series 5 was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on April 25, 2019 in Kallang, Singapore.
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ONE Hero Series May was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on May 27, 2019 in Beijing, China.
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ONE Hero Series June was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on June 14, 2019 in Shanghai, China.
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ONE Warrior Series 6 was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on June 20, 2019 in Kallang, Singapore.
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ONE Hero Series July was a combat sport event held by ONE Championship on July 21, 2019 in Beijing, China.
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ONE Warrior Series 7 was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on August 6, 2019 in Kallang, Singapore.
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ONE Hero Series August was a combat sport event held by ONE Championship on August 26, 2019 in Beijing, China.
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ONE Hero Series September was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on September 23, 2019 in Beijing, China.
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ONE Hero Series October was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on October 28, 2019 in Beijing, China.
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ONE Hero Series November was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on November 18, 2019 in Beijing, China.
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ONE Warrior Series 9 was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on December 4, 2019 in Kallang, Singapore.
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ONE Hero Series 13 was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on June 20, 2020 in Shanghai, China.
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ONE Hero Series 14 was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on June 21, 2020 in Shanghai, China.
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ONE Warrior Series 10 was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on February 19, 2020 in Kallang, Singapore.
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The term mixed martial arts, while in its literal meaning a synonym, has come to refer to this specific combat sport.
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During the 19th and early 20th centuries, cotton cummerbunds were commonly worn by athletes participating in gymnastic and/or combat sport training and competition.
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ONE Championship: For Honor was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on May 3, 2019 at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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ONE Championship: Legendary Quest was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on June 15, 2019 at the Baoshan Arena in Shanghai, China.
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ONE Championship: Warrior’s Code was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on February 7, 2020 at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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ONE Championship: No Surrender was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on July 31, 2020 at the IMPACT Arena in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Rizin 21 – Hamamatsu was a Combat sport event held by the Rizin Fighting Federation on February 22, 2020 at the Hamamatsu Arena in Hamamatsu, Japan.
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Rizin 24 – Saitama was a Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on September 27, 2020 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
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Rizin 15 - Yokohama was a Combat sport event held by the Rizin Fighting Federation on April 21, 2019 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.
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Rizin 19 - Osaka was a Combat sport event held by the Rizin Fighting Federation on October 12, 2019 at the Edion Arena in Osaka, Japan.
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ONE Championship: Clash of Legends was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on February 16, 2019 at the IMPACT Arena in Bangkok, Thailand.
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ONE Championship: A New Era was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on March 31, 2019 at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan.
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ONE Championship: Warriors Of Light was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on May 10, 2019 at the IMPACT Arena in Bangkok, Thailand.
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ONE Championship: Dreams of Gold was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on August 16, 2019 at the IMPACT Arena in Bangkok, Thailand.
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ONE Warrior Series 8 was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on October 5, 2019 at the Bellesalle Shibuya Garden in Tokyo, Japan.
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ONE Championship: Dawn Of Valor was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on October 25, 2019 at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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ONE Championship: Age Of Dragons was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on November 16, 2019 at the Cadillac Arena in Beijing, China.
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ONE Championship: A New Tomorrow was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on January 10, 2020 at the IMPACT Arena in Bangkok, Thailand.
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ONE Championship: A New Breed was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on August 28, 2020 at the IMPACT Arena in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Rizin 22 – Starting Over was a Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on August 9, 2020 at the Pia Arena MM in Yokohama, Japan.
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Rizin 23 – Calling Over was a Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on August 10, 2020 at the Pia Arena MM in Yokohama, Japan.
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Rizin 25 – Osaka will be a Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on November 21, 2020 at the Osaka-jō Hall in Osaka, Japan.
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Rizin 17 - Saitama was a Combat sport event held by the Rizin Fighting Federation on July 28, 2019 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
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Rizin 16 - Kobe was a Combat sport event held by the Rizin Fighting Federation on June 2, 2019 at the World Memorial Hall in Kobe, Japan.
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Rizin 18 - Nagoya was an Combat sport event held by the Rizin Fighting Federation on August 18, 2019 at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, Japan.
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ONE Championship: Hero's Ascent was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on January 25, 2019 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines.
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ONE Championship: Call to Greatness was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on February 22, 2019 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
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ONE Championship: Enter the Dragon was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on May 17, 2019 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
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ONE Championship: Masters Of Destiny was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on July 12, 2019 at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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ONE Championship: Mark Of Greatness was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on December 6, 2019 at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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ONE Championship: Reign of Dynasties was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on October 9, 2020 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
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ONE Championship: Next Generation will be a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on November 20, 2020 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
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ONE Championship: Fire & Fury was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on January 31, 2020 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines.
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The Lethwei has been featured in media, including films, television, manga, anime. The combat sport gained worldwide attention after Dave Leduc defeated Tun Tun Min in 2016.
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Rizin 20 - Saitama was a Combat sport event by Rizin Fighting Federation that took place on December 31, 2019 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
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Before competing in professional mixed martial arts, Bears competed as an amateur in the International Combat Sport Federation, primarily as a Middleweight, and won three ICSF titles.
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ONE Championship: Reign of Valor will be a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on March 8, 2019 at the Thuwunna Indoor Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar.
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ONE Championship: Roots of Honor was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on April 12, 2019 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines.
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ONE Championship: Dawn Of Heroes was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on August 2, 2019 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines.
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ONE Championship: Masters Of Fate was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on November 8, 2019 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines.
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ONE Championship: Edge Of Greatness will be a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on November 22, 2019 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
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ONE Championship: King of the Jungle was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on February 28, 2020 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
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ONE Championship: Inside the Matrix will be a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on October 30, 2020 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
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Gérôme Truc, "When sociologists make their cinema: Cross analysis of Sociology is a combat sport and the journey of a sociologist", Conversely, vol. 2,2004, p. 44-66.
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Mixed martial arts (MMA) has developed in Australia from a wide cross-section of sporting and martial arts disciplines to become the most popular combat sport in Australia.
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ONE Infinity 1 was expected to be a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship in Manila, Philippines. The event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Road to One 3: Tokyo Fight Night was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on September 10, 2020 at the Tsutaya O-East in Tokyo, Japan.
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ONE Championship: Immortal Triumph was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on September 6, 2019 at the Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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Silva began started his combat sport in Muay Thai and he won the Brazilian Muay Thai Championship twice and Brazilian Kickboxing title three-time before transitioning to mixed martial arts.
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ONE Championship: Century (also known as ONE Championship 100) will be a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on October 13, 2019 at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan.
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A supercard consists of a title match combat sport event which comprises multiple high-level matches and/or special attractions.Starrcade, the original "super card" John Molinaro. SLAM! Wrestling. SLAM! Sports online.
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He is an Instructor member of American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers (ASLET). Yuree is leading the mission to revive the lost heritage of thousand years old Indian Sub-continental Martial Arts through a historical research work linking Kancheepuram and Shaolin Temple. He developed Butthan, a form of martial art and combat sport, rooted in ancient South Asia. As a combat sport, Butthan is practiced in different parts of the world under the International Butthan Federation.
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Butthan is a Bangladeshi martial art and an approved combat sport included by the National Sports Council (NSC) under Ministry of Youth & Sports, Bangladesh. Butthan was founded by Superhuman Mak Yuree Vajramunee.
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Vale Tudo (; ) is an unarmed, full-contact combat sport with relatively few rules. It became popular in Brazil during the 20th century.About European Vale Tudo . www.europeanvaletudo.com. URL last accessed on April 28, 2006.
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Lethwei (; IPA: ), or Burmese bareknuckle boxing, is the most popular combat sport in Myanmar. It is a Burmese full contact martial art called Thaing, divided into Bando (unarmed combat) and Banshay (armed combat).
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ONE Championship: No Surrender 2 was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on July 31, 2020 at the IMPACT Arena in Bangkok, Thailand. It was first broadcast on August 14, 2020.
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ONE Championship: No Surrender 3 was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on July 31, 2020 at the IMPACT Arena in Bangkok, Thailand. It was first broadcast on August 21, 2020.
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Luke Thomas (born August 5, 1979) is an American combat sport analyst. As of October 2020 Thomas works for CBS Sports. Between 2007-2019 Thomas worked as an MMA journalist and radio host.
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Dynamite Fighting Show 3 (also known as Oltenia burns) was a combat sport event produced by the Dynamite Fighting Show that took place on December 14, 2018 at the Sala Polivalentă in Craiova, Romania.
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ONE Championship: A New Breed 3 was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on August 28, 2020 at the IMPACT Arena in Bangkok, Thailand. It was first broadcast on September 18, 2020.
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ONE Championship: A New Breed 2 was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on August 28, 2020 at the IMPACT Arena in Bangkok, Thailand. It was first broadcast on September 11, 2020.
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Dynamite Fighting Show 1 (also known as Moroșanu vs. Kemayo) was a combat sport event produced by the Dynamite Fighting Show that took place on July 5, 2018 at the Sala Polivalentă in Bucharest, Romania.
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ONE Championship: Reign of Dynasties 2 was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on October 9, 2020 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. It was first broadcast on October 16, 2020.
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Mazany was born in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. Mazany was a figure skater when she was young. She competed her first combat sport in boxing when she was eighteen and transitioned to mixed martial arts (MMA) not long after.
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Butthan was approved as a national sport of Bangladesh by the National Sports Council, Ministry of Youth and Sports in Bangladesh in 2013. As a combat sport, the martial art is practiced in different parts of the world under the International Butthan Federation.
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Many Chinese martial art schools teach or work within the rule sets of Sanshou, working to incorporate the movements, characteristics, and theory of their style. Chinese martial artists also compete in non-Chinese or mixed Combat sport, including boxing, kickboxing and Mixed martial arts.
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One of the largest sporting event in the country is the boat races at the Bon Om Touk festival. 200px Pradal serey, or traditional Khmer kickboxing, is a popular sport in Cambodia. It is a combat sport involving clinching and striking. Matches are between young athletic people.
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Anderson Braddock Silva vs. Cătălin Moroșanu in 2012 Silva began started his kickboxing career at Combat Sport gym in São Paulo, Brazil when he was around 12 or 13 years old. His fighters middle name "Braddock" comes from Col. James Braddock, from the movie Missing In Action.
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Swick was born in downtown Houston. He attended Katy High School. Aspiring to become a Navy Seal and inspired by The Karate Kid, Swick started training taekwondo in his youth as his first combat sport. He then participated in amateur fights in Texas before sanctioning was formed.
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Big Knockout Boxing (BKB) is a combat sport brand developed and owned by DirecTV, a subsidiary of AT&T; The sport is essentially similar to contemporary professional boxing but utilizing a round-shaped non-lifted solid-base ring, which does not use ropes, corners, and three minute rounds.
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Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG) was the leading Japanese combat sport promoter founded on September 3, 2003. Its current president is Sadaharu Tanikawa and it is the parent company behind the now-defunct mixed martial arts series Dream and formerly, the largest kickboxing promotion in the world, K-1.
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Briones started playing hockey in high school and spent a total of 14 years in the sport. Compared to most of the mixed martial arts fighters, Briones started combat sport much later in life. He started training MMA when he joined ENTRAM gym at the age of 26.
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It will also regulate the fitness industry (registration and certification), set up procedures in bidding for and hosting of international sports events, regulate combat sport, and decide on offences and penalties (including jail sentences). Sports bodies would not operate independently anymore, but would promote their sports in consultation with the minister.
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Fishgold started his first combat sport training at the age of 16 and knew he wanted master the sport after getting choked out by his teammate half his size on his first class in Ju-Jitsu class. He picked up Muay Thai and competed in mma professionally not longer after.
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Karate can be practiced as an art (budō), self defense or as a combat sport. Traditional karate places emphasis on self- development (budō). Modern Japanese style training emphasizes the psychological elements incorporated into a proper kokoro (attitude) such as perseverance, fearlessness, virtue, and leadership skills. Sport karate places emphasis on exercise and competition.
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On 5 June 2020, the bid committee proposed the programme of the 2026 Summer Youth Olympics shall include 35 sports competed in 2018 and 2022 Summer Youth Olympics, along with Thailand originated sports, muaythai and sepak takraw to increase local appeal and promote Thai culture. Muaythai is the national combat sport, recognized by International Olympic Committee as the member of Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations. Muaythai is currently the official programme of the World Games. If muaythai included in the games, Thailand will be the fourth country in Asia that its combat sport is included in the Olympic events other Japan's judo and karate, Korea's taekwondo, and China's wushu and It will be the stepping stone for Olympic inclusiom.
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Tarung Derajat emphasizes punching and kicking, but is not limited to these, as grappling and sweeping are also included in its training. Practitioners are known simply as petarung meaning "fighter". Since the 1990s, Tarung Derajat has been refined as a combat sport. In 1998, the Tarung Derajat organization officially became a member of the KONI.
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After the fight, Guymon was taken to the hospital, where the doctor noticed he had fracture of the orbital, cheekbone and jaw. The doctor advised Guymon to never compete again in any combat sport. Days after his first Bellator win against Aaron Miller on November 2, 2013, Guymon announced his retirement from MMA for the second time.
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Thabo Motsieloa (born 17 November 1961) is a Swedish television news presenter and former actor. In 1983 he founded the martial arts sports club Södermalms shaolin kung fu.DAGS ATT HAJPA K-1 MATCHEN! Motsieloa founded Thabo Motsieloa Masters Cup a mixed martial arts competition using Allstyle, combat sport rules that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques.
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As kickboxing is the most popular combat sport in the Netherlands, the It's Showtime and K-1 promotions have held a number of fight cards at the arena. Many of the sport's biggest stars such as Peter Aerts, Semmy Schilt, Badr Hari and Ernesto Hoost have fought there."Fear and Loathing in Amsterdam" by Michael Schiavello. Hd.net.
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Judo Canada, formerly known as The Canadian Kodokan Black Belt Association, is the non-profit national governing body of the Japanese martial art and combat sport Judo in Canada, and a federation of Judo associations in each of the ten provinces and three territories. It was incorporated in 1956 and recognized by the International Judo Federation in 1958.
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The autopsy found Equagesic in his system. When the doctors announced Lee's death, it was officially ruled a "death by misadventure". Since his death, Lee has continued to be a prominent influence on modern combat sport, including judo, karate, mixed martial arts, and boxing. Time named Lee one of the 100 most important people of the 20th century.
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Throughout the game, Daxter will occasionally collect 'Combat Bugs', bugs which are used in a combat sport similar to "rock, paper, scissors". These bugs can be enhanced by collecting combat bug tokens or potions which are found hidden throughout the levels. The Combat Bug mini-game is not part of the game campaign and is accessed through the game start menu.
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FILA Grappling was a non-striking hybrid combat sport sanctioned by the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA). A form of submission wrestling influenced by freestyle wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling, Brazilian jiu jitsu, judo, and sambo, it applied submission holds and choking techniques in order to make the opponent abandon the fight. FILA ceased sanctioning the sport in 2013.
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Sambo (, ) is a Soviet martial art, an internationally-practised combat sport, and a recognized style of amateur wrestling included by FILA in the World Wrestling Championships along with Greco-Roman wrestling and freestyle wrestling.The final report of the President's Commission on Olympic Sports, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977, p. 261.Combs, Steve ; Frank, Chuck. Winning Wrestling, Contemporary Books, Chicago, 1980, p. 3.
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Immediately following the firing of the predecessor, Akina Minami, she was picked as the ringside commentator for K-1. Soon after this, she was also selected by Dream as the ringside commentator. Since then, she has worked for these two combat sport competitions not only as the ringside commentator but also as a spokesperson since April 2009. She immediately established a good reputation.
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New Japan Pro- Wrestling, headed by Antonio Inoki, used Inoki's "strong style" approach of wrestling as a combat sport. Wrestlers incorporated kicks and strikes from martial arts disciplines, and a strong emphasis was placed on submission wrestling. Many of New Japan's wrestlers including top stars such as Shinya Hashimoto, Riki Choshu, Shinsuke Nakamura and Keiji Mutoh came from a legitimate martial arts background.
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This fight is UFC President Dana White's favorite match in combat sport history. He was awarded the Tapout of the Night for the third time in his career. Hughes' next fight took place at UFC 56: Full Force, where he was scheduled to fight Judo practitioner Karo Parisyan. After Parysian suffered a hamstring injury and could not fight, Joe Riggs took his place.
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Pedro is an Australian of Spanish, American Samoa heritage. He is the son of John Pedro, who owned King of the Cage in Australia and was one of exponent MMA and fighters fought in the first cage fight in Australia. With seven black belts of different combat sport style, Pedro was introduced to Japanese jiu-jitsu (a.k.a. jujutsu) at the age of 4.
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The combat sport of Muay Thai has been featured in media, including film, television, manga, anime and video games. It gained international attention when Yodtong Senanan led the Nak Muay Team against Osamu Noguchi's Kickboxer Team on October 16, 1972. It has heavily influenced the sport of kickboxing, and is used in mixed martial arts (MMA), where athletes train in its techniques.
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In sports, a card lists the matches taking place in a title match combat-sport event. Cards include a main event match and the undercard listing the rest of the matches. The undercard may be divided into a midcard and a lower card, according to the perceived importance of the matches. Promoters schedule matches to occur in ascending order of importance.
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The son of Matt and Jen Kelleher, Brian was born and raised on Long Island, New York. Brian has an older brother Keith and a younger brother Mak who is also a professional mixed martial artist. Kelleher competed in a variety of sports from a young age including ice hockey, soccer and bowling. He later began combat sport training in 2007.
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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) (; , , ; jiu-jitsu brasileiro) Is a self-defence martial art and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting and submission holds, It focuses on the skill of taking an opponent to the ground, controlling one's opponent, gaining a dominant position and using a number of techniques to force them into submission via joint locks or chokeholds (Newaza). Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was first developed and modified around 1920 by Brazilian brothers Carlos, Oswaldo, Gastão Jr., George and Hélio Gracie after Carlos Gracie was taught traditional Kodokan Judo by a travelling Japanese judoka, Mitsuyo Maeda, in 1917. Later they were going to develop their own self-defense system named Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. BJJ eventually came to be its own defined combat sport through the innovations, practices and adaptation of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and Judo, becoming an essential martial art for MMA.
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In 2019 Enfusion added another dynamic step in continuing to develop the sport of combat fighting with two new brands from Enfusion Cage Events [ECE]. The two brands included MMA and Extreme Stand-up. Also at this time, Julie Kitchen add more emphasis on ladies, to help promote and develop equal opportunity in this combat sport with Female [ECE] in both MMA and Extreme stand-up.
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She attended Indiana University and received two Bachelor's Degrees in Criminal Justice and African American Diaspora Studies. Prior to starting to fight professionally, Yoder worked as a lifeguard. On her 18th birthday, Yoder lost her brother in a car accident, followed by the death of her cousin two years later. She started training in MMA after a friend introduced her to the combat sport.
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Japanese wrestling is also known for its relationship with fellow mixed martial arts promotions. Wrestling and martial arts icon Antonio Inoki usually organizes wrestling matches and MMA fights on the same card. Puroresu still remains popular and it draws huge crowds from the major promotions. With this and its relationship with other martial arts disciplines, the audiences and wrestlers treat puroresu as a combat sport.
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Full Metal Jousting was an American reality game show that debuted on the History Channel on February 12, 2012. The show featured 16 contestants, split into two teams of eight, competing in full-contact competitive jousting, a combat sport developed by host Shane Adams since the late 1990s. One by one, the contestants are eliminated until only one remains. That contestant receives a $100,000 grand prize.
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Hamza Essalih grew up in his hometown in Amsterdam, in the De Pijp district. Coming from a Moroccan family of eight children, he is interested in football and kickboxing which he practices outside in the neighborhood with his friends. His father worked at the time in a factory. Having started karate at the age of ten, he very quickly changed his combat sport by focusing on kickboxing.
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Liddell commented that being a guest star was "very cool" and that the recording sessions were "easy". The episode is a satire of the combat sport of mixed martial arts. Throughout the episode, characters perform multiple fighting moves and positions. For example, Bart puts Nelson in a triangle choke at the playground when the two are fighting, while Marge takes out Englebrit with a flying armbar.
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Action shooting and self-defence-orientated full-size pistol with a steel frame and a standard-capacity magazine. The pistol has a "cocked and locked" safety on the frame with an automatic firing pin safety, double-action trigger, standard reversible magazine catch, standard hammer three-dots sights, and standard magazine. The Combat Sport is available in 9×19mm Parabellum (16), 9×21mm (16), .38 Super Auto (17), .
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Prior to entering professional wrestling, Pigeon gained combat sport experience by studying judo. He worked for the Quebec Provincial Police until the mid-1960s, when he decided to become a wrestler. His friend Paul LeDuc had competed as a professional wrestler in Mexico and wanted a tag team partner. He convinced Pigeon to train as a wrestler, and Pigeon trained under Stu Hart in Calgary, Alberta.
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Jack Slack is a pen name of an anonymous British freelance writer, podcaster, analyst and amateur historian of combat sport; most notable as a mixed martial arts (MMA) striking analyst, writing detailed, analytical breakdowns of fighters, fighting techniques and strategies, using videos, photos and animated GIFs. Slack formerly wrote regularly for BloodyElbow.com, Bleacher Report, Vice Sports and Unibet. Due to successful Patreon support, he independently writes on his blog fightprimer.
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XARM : XARM is a combat-sports concept reality show series produced by Endemol USA in which fighters compete. XARM is a fast-growing brutal combat sport featuring fighters from across the MMA universe. A combination of arm wrestling and MMA, XARM is visceral and bloody—there is nowhere to hide and no escape. Prank Lab : Prank Lab is an original new series of practical jokes captured on hidden camera.
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Kickboxing is a stand-up combat sport based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate mixed with boxing. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defence, general fitness, or as a contact sport. Japanese kickboxing originated in the late 1950s, with competitions held since then. American kickboxing originated in the 1970s and was brought to prominence in September 1974, when the Professional Karate Association (PKA) held the first World Championships.
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Shooto is a combat sport and mixed martial arts organization that is governed by the Shooto Association and the International Shooto Commission. Shooto was originally formed in 1985, as an organization and as a particular fighting system derived from shoot wrestling. Practitioners are referred to as shooters, similarly to practitioners of shoot wrestling. Shooto rules have evolved such that their events are now true mixed martial arts competitions.
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Previously to this tournament, Shooto did not feature punches to the face in a ground position, but after seeing effective usage of punching by foreign participants, Sayama decided to incorporate these striking techniques into shooto. In April 1996, World Shooto, the Shooto Association and the International Shooto Commission were formed. This marked the end of Shooto as a single organization, and turned it into a combat sport with governing bodies.
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More than half of Armenia's Olympic medals have come from wrestling. Armenia hosted the 2010 FILA Wrestling World Cup. The Armenian wrestling team came in third place overall and Armenian wrestlers individually won three of the seven gold medals. Traditional Armenian wrestling is called kokh, and practiced in traditional garb; it was one of the influences included in the Soviet combat sport of sambo, which is also very popular.
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Also, the steel versions are somewhat heavier than their composite counterparts and competition, such as Heckler & Koch and Glock. Accuracy varies but out of box the Tanfoglio Force types are similar in accuracy to other semi-auto pistols costing hundreds of US dollars more. Also there are accurized variants such as the Gold, Gold Match, Limited & Combat Sport versions (also known as "Witness Elite" in the United States).
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From 2003-2006 Botha participated several times in the kickboxing combat sport, K-1. His current K-1 record is 4-11, with two wins coming against K-1/Kickboxing legends Jérôme Le Banner and Peter Aerts. Botha's final K-1 match was a three-round decision loss to Jorgen Kruth on 20 May 2006 in a K-1 superfight in Stockholm, Sweden. Botha also had one mixed martial arts fight.
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The Viewers Choice pay-per-view service consisted of 45 standard-definition channels and two high-definition channels. Programming included movies, concerts, live combat sport events such as boxing and mixed martial arts (UFC), and live professional wrestling events (WWE, WCW, ECW, and TNA). Pornographic content was also available through the Adam and Eden services. Adam featured content for homosexual men, while Eden featured content of interest to heterosexual men.
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In Ancient China, combat sport appeared in the form of Leitai, a no-holds-barred mixed combat sport that combined Chinese martial arts, boxing and wrestling. Lei tai in its present form appeared during the Song dynasty when it was used for boxing and Shuai Jiao exhibition matches and private duels. According to the Chinese Kuoshu Institute (UK), an ancestor of the lei tai was used during the Qin dynasty to hold Jiao Li wrestling competitions between imperial soldiers. The winner would be chosen to act as a bodyguard to the emperor or a martial arts instructor for the Imperial Military. According to Cung Le, a famous Mixed Martial Arts fighter, “In the old days, if you wanted to announce yourself as a boxer in a new village, you built a lei tai, stood on it, and invited all comers to try and knock you off.” Some fighters issued their challenge in the form of a hand written letter to the person they wished to face.
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He announced his retirement as a fighter in 2009, following a professional career spanning 16 years. In 2002, De La Hoya founded Golden Boy Promotions, a combat sport promotional firm that also owns a 25% stake in the Houston Dynamo. He is the first American of Mexican descent to own a national boxing promotional firm, and one of the few boxers to take on promotional responsibilities while still active.Golden Boy Promotions Inc.
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The dominant styles of Japanese professional wrestling were set in place by the two dominant promotions in Japan. New Japan Pro Wrestling, headed by Antonio Inoki, used Inoki's "strong style" approach of wrestling as a simulated combat sport. Wrestlers incorporated kicks and strikes from martial arts disciplines, and a strong emphasis was placed on submission wrestling. All Japan Pro Wrestling, under the direction of Shohei Baba, used a style referred to as "King's Road".
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Poland's sports include almost all sporting disciplines, in particular: football, volleyball, motorcycle speedway, ski jumping, track & field, handball, basketball, tennis and combat sport. The first Polish Formula One driver, Robert Kubica, has brought awareness of Formula One Racing to Poland. Volleyball is one of the country's most popular sports, with a rich history of international competition. Poland has made a distinctive mark in motorcycle speedway racing thanks to Tomasz Gollob, Jaroslaw Hampel and Rune Holta.
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Butthan (বুত্থান, bʊθɑːn, meaning "Defense with distinction and awakening") is a Bangladeshi martial art and combat sport. It is a system of self-defense and personal development rooted in South Asian heritage. Butthan has been developed by Mak Yuree, an internationally acclaimed Grandmaster and known as Superhuman as dubbed by the Discovery Channel. It has been described as the ‘noble art of stopping-fight and enlightenment that produces physical, mental and spiritual balance’.
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The referee will promptly bring the downed opponent to his or her feet to resume the bout standing. The only combat sport which allows strikes when the opponent is down is mixed martial arts. The majority of MMA organizations follows the common rule of prohibiting knee strikes and kicks to the head of a grounded opponent, but fighters are allowed to strike their opponent's body. Hand and elbows strikes to the head are considered legal.
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In professional boxing, Romania has produced many world champions across the weight divisions internationally recognised by governing bodies. World champions include Lucian Bute, Leonard Dorin Doroftei, Adrian Diaconu, and Michael Loewe. Another popular combat sport is professional kickboxing, which has produced prominent practitioners including Daniel Ghiță, and Benjamin Adegbuyi. Romania's 306 all-time Summer Olympics medals would rank 12th most among all countries, while its 89 gold medals would be 14th most.
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In July 2015, after 5 years and 9 months of inactivity in combat sport, he gave his comeback against Brazilian fighter Carlos Toyota, weighing , the lowest to this day. He lost via knockout in the first round (multiple punches to face and jaw). Toyota was the second fighter besides Mighty Mo who knocked out Choi with head punches. In December 2015 he fought the Chinese Luo Quanchao and won by cut stoppage (TKO).
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Wrestling is a combat sport involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. The sport can either be genuinely competitive or sportive entertainment (see professional wrestling). Wrestling comes in different types such as folkstyle, freestyle, Greco-Roman, catch/submission, judo, sambo and others. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two (occasionally more) competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position.
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In fencing (a combat sport), a riposte (French for "retort") is an offensive action with the intent of hitting one's opponent, made by the fencer who has just parried an attack. In military usage, a riposte is the strategic device of hitting a vulnerable point of the enemy, thereby forcing him to abandon his own attack. In everyday language, a riposte is synonymous with a retort and describes a quick and witty reply to an argument or an insult.
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The women's sanda 60 kilograms competition at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia was held from 19 August to 23 August at the JIExpo Kemayoran Hall B3. Sanda is an unsanctioned fight is a Chinese self-defense system and combat sport. Amateur Sanda allows kicks, punches, knees (not to the head), and throws. A total of ten competitors from ten different countries competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight was less than 60 kilograms.
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Edwards defined Thugjitsu as "The combination of every range of fighting and is the ultimate combat sport. Boxing, Thaiboxing, Wrestling and BJJ all play an equally important role in Thugjitsu; yet none of these arts is enough to be successful alone. A solid combination of two, three or more these and other arts help in the make-up of the complete fighter." UFC Lightweight Dustin Poirier proclaimed himself to be a Thugjitsu practitioner in honor of Edwards.
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After more than a three-year hiatus, Gafencu turned pro in 2017. His insane tornado kick KO on Thomas Doeve leads Knockout of the Year nominations for 2019 in all combat sport. And on 9 May 2019 he stepped into the ring to take on a Remy Bonjasky protégé, Ekrem Doruk, knocking him out in devastating fashion to win Colosseum Tournament welterweight title. He missed rest of the 2019 season of Colosseum Tournament due to injury.
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The men's sanda 60 kilograms competition at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea was held from 20 September to 24 September at the Ganghwa Dolmens Gymnasium. Sanda is an unsanctioned fight is a Chinese self-defense system and combat sport. Amateur Sanda allows kicks, punches, knees (not to the head), and throws. A total of sixteen competitors from sixteen countries competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight was less than 60 kilograms.
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The men's sanda 65 kilograms competition at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea will be held from 20 September to 24 September at the Ganghwa Dolmens Gymnasium. Sanda is an unsanctioned fight is a Chinese self-defense system and combat sport. Amateur Sanda allows kicks, punches, knees (not to the head), and throws. A total of 15 men from 15 different countries competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight was less than 65 kilograms.
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The men's sanda 75 kilograms competition at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea was held from 21 September to 24 September at the Ganghwa Dolmens Gymnasium. Sanda is an unsanctioned fight is a Chinese self-defense system and combat sport. Amateur Sanda allows kicks, punches, knees (not to the head), and throws. A total of 12 men from 12 different countries competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight was less than 75 kilograms.
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The women's sanda 60 kilograms competition at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea was held from 20 September to 24 September at the Ganghwa Dolmens Gymnasium. Sanda is an unsanctioned fight is a Chinese self-defense system and combat sport. Amateur Sanda allows kicks, punches, knees (not to the head), and throws. A total of eleven competitors from eleven different countries competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight was less than 60 kilograms.
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The women's sanda 52 kilograms competition at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea was held from 20 September to 24 September at the Ganghwa Dolmens Gymnasium. A total of fourteen competitors from fourteen different countries competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight was less than 52 kilograms. Sanda is an unsanctioned fight is a Chinese self-defense system and combat sport. Amateur Sanda allows kicks, punches, knees (not to the head), and throws.
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45 ACP. Also, the steel versions are heavier than their composite counterparts and pistols made by other manufacturers, such as Heckler & Koch and Glock, although this increased weight also reduces felt recoil. Accuracy varies but out of box the Tanfoglio Combat/Standard types are similar in accuracy to other semi-automatic service pistols. There are factory accurized variants such as the Gold, Gold Match, Limited & Combat Sport versions (known as the "Witness Elite" in the United States).
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Coming out of the military service, Williams moved to Hesperia, California in seek of a combat sport involving grappling. After failing to find one he founded his own school and started offering training in a sport he called combat grappling. Eventually, he competed in what is nowadays known as mixed martial arts, including appareances at UFC 24 and UFC 27. Right after he lost his final fight against Ian Freeman, he started his own promotion, Gladiator Challenge.
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The Knights of Valour was a theatrical jousting group formed by Shane Adams in 1993. Members of this group began to practice jousting competitively, and their first tournament was held in 1997. Adams founded the World Championship Jousting Association (WCJA) as a body dedicated to jousting as a combat sport, which held its inaugural tournament in Port Elgin, Ontario on 24 July 1999. The sport is presented in the 2012 television show Full Metal Jousting, hosted by Adams.
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Like most full contact fighting sports, Muay Thai has a heavy focus on body conditioning. Training regimens include many staples of combat sport conditioning such as running, shadowboxing, rope jumping, body weight resistance exercises, medicine ball exercises, abdominal exercises, and in some cases weight training. Thai boxers rely heavily on kicks utilizing the shin bone. As such, practitioners of muay Thai will repeatedly hit a dense heavy bag with their shins, conditioning it, hardening the bone through a process called cortical remodeling.
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Following the fight Kirill Sidelnikov was suspended for testing positive for Stanozolol, and was fined $2,500. The mere presence of Stanozolol in the system constituted a violation under new testing procedures for the CSAC. Sidelnikov claimed that the substance had been prescribed to him to recover from injury, and hence he maintains that he was unaware of his use of the banned substance. He is among the youngest fighters to compete in a major pay per view event in combat sport history.
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Turner started his combat sport career on the sophomore year of high school when he signed up for wrestling class. After a broken finger which prevented him from competing in wrestling, Turner discovered mma by watching UFC fights on television. With little money in his teenage life and unable to afford to buy combat training equipment, he would run and shadow box and used his family couch as the punching bag, until he joined Team Adrenaline that kick started his mma career.
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His body was crowned with the olive wreath and returned to Phigaleia as a hero. By the Imperial Period, the Romans had adopted the Greek combat sport (spelled in Latin as pancratium) into their Games. In 393 A.D., the pankration, along with gladiatorial combat and all pagan festivals, was abolished by edict by the Christian Byzantine Emperor Theodosius I. Pankration itself was an event in the Olympic Games for some 1,400 years. Pausanias mention the wrestler Leontiscus (Λεοντίσκος) from Messene.
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His father is involved in the sport as a trainer. Several of his brothers are involved in the sport; Arnaldo Galarza is an amateur heavyweight, Kelvin Galarza and Israel are professional in the lightweight and featherweight divisions respectively. Galarza learned the basics of the sport in a gym established in Collores, a barrio located in the municipality of Juana Díaz, considering Félix Trinidad his inspiration within the discipline. He also became interested in another combat sport, cockfighting, adopting it as a hobby.
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250x250px Fighting games involve combat between pairs of fighters using highly exaggerated martial arts moves. They typically revolve around primarily brawling or combat sport, though some variations feature weaponry. Games usually display on-screen fighters from a side view, and even 3D fighting games play largely within a 2D plane of motion. Games usually confine characters to moving left and right and jumping, although some games such as Fatal Fury: King of Fighters allow players to move between parallel planes of movement.
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A semi- contact sport is typically a combat sport involving striking and containing physical contact between the combatants simulating full-power techniques. The techniques are restricted to limited power, and rendering the opponent unconscious is forbidden. Some semi-contact sports use a point system to determine the winner and use extensive protective gear to protect the athletes from injury. Examples of semi-contact sports include karate, kickboxing, kalaripayattu, various Korean martial arts that incorporate contact rules sparring, kendo and taekwondo.
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Bellator MMA (formally Bellator Fighting Championships) is an American mixed martial arts promotion founded in 2008 and based in Santa Monica, California that is owned and operated as a subsidiary of ViacomCBS. It is one of the largest combat sport promotions in the world and the second largest in the United States. The promotion takes its name from bellātor, the Latin word for "warrior". Bellator's first event was held in 2009, and the promotion has since held over 200 "numbered" events as of December 2019.
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Leko thus left the K-1 and kickboxing worlds, with a K-1 record of 23-11-1-1, and a total fight record of 50-12-1-1 (win/loss/draw/nc), and he decided to try his hand at another combat sport. He signed for Pride Fighting Championships, then the world's premier Mixed Martial Arts organisation. However, the striker was unable to find his place there, losing three successive fights to grapplers, and in 2005 he returned to the Muay Thai and kickboxing worlds.
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Ayari started playing football when he was young, and played for TSV 1904 Feucht youth team as a defensive midfielder in Germany. He started training in MMA at the age of fifteen after becoming frustrated with his football teammates who did not pull their weight and give as much as him. Ayari soon transitioned to MMA and completed his first MMA fight two years later. Since MMA gyms are hard to find in Germany, Ayari goes to different gyms to train in each specific combat sport discipline.
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Due to the somewhat secure nature of the position, striking from the body triangle position has the potential to be advantageous; it gives the practitioner a stable platform from which to mount offensive strikes, especially to the head, and leaves little opportunity for escape. However, from a combat sport standpoint some of these striking techniques, especially attacks to the back of the head, are unallowable due to the considerable risk they pose to the practitioners.NSAC Regulations: CHAPTER 467 - UNARMED COMBAT. Nevada State Athletic Commission.
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This may be largely semantics since only he had the longevity and political connections to remain with the art while the new system was named "sambo". However, Kharlampiyev's political maneuvering is single-handedly responsible for the USSR Committee of Sport's accepting sambo as the official combat sport of the Soviet Union in 1938 – decidedly the "birth" of sambo. So, more accurately, Kharlampiyev could be considered the father of "sport" sambo. Spiridonov was the first to begin referring to the new system with a name similar to 'sambo'.
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Catch wrestling (originally Catch-as-catch-can) is a classical hybrid grappling style and combat sport. It was developed by J. G. Chambers in Britain . It was popularised by wrestlers of travelling funfairs who developed their own submission holds, or "hooks", into their wrestling to increase their effectiveness against their opponents. Catch wrestling derives from various different international styles of wrestling: several English styles (Cumberland, Westmorland, Cornwall, Devon, and Lancashire), Indian pehlwani,Pitting catch wrestling against Brazilian jiu-jitsu - Manila Times and Irish collar-and-elbow wrestling.
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Matrak is an Ottoman combat sport based on sword and shield fighting, Invented by the Ottoman Bosnian statesman, historian and scientist Nasuh Matrakčija Visočak (full name in Turkish: Nasuh bin Karagöz bin Abdullah el-Bosnavî) in the 16th century. It is played with wooden sticks covered with leather simulating a sword, and a wooden leather covered shield. The top of the sticks are rounded and slightly wider than the body resembling bowling pins. The game is a kind of combat simulation, and is played on a lawn.
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Today pencak silat is one of the extra- curricular activities taught in Indonesian schools. It is included as a combat sport in local, national and international athletic events such as the SEA Games and Indonesia's National Sports Week. Since 2012, the Pencak Malioboro Festival has been held annually and features demonstrations by the biggest silat schools in Indonesia. The art features prominently in the Hollywood blockbuster John Wick 3, with masters Yayan Ruhian and Cecep Arif Rahman appearing against Wick in the penultimate fight.
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In the 14th century, the invention of distillation made it possible to create a prototype of the modern medovukha, however vodka was invented at the same time and gradually surpassed medovukha in popularity.Medovukha at the site Culinary Edem A lubok depiction of the "Wall against Wall" (Stenka na Stenku) fist fighting. ;1048 Russian fist fighting : Russian fist fighting is an ancient Russian combat sport, similar to modern boxing. However, it features some indigenous techniques and often fought in collective events called Stenka na Stenku ("Wall against Wall").
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Folklore portrays the rebels as Robin Hood-like martial artists such as Si Pitung. After Indonesia won its independence from colonization, the role of martial arts like pencak silat in nation-building was recognized. The Indonesian Pencak Silat Association (IPSI) was founded to unite the country's pencak silat schools under a single governing body. It has been incorporated into the unarmed combat training of Indonesia's polce and military, as well as being an extra-curricular activity in schools, and a combat sport in athletic events.
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Martial arts such as Taekwondo emphasize the kicking distance in fighting. Punching distance: Fighters in punching distance Punching distance: The punching distance is the zone where punches can be thrown, and this is the distance from the furthest jab to the closest hook, as long as no grappling is taking place. In addition to punches, this distance often also allows for elbows and knees, though using them requires closing in to the clinching distance. Boxing is a combat sport that concerns itself exclusively with the punching distance.
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Where the style is not specified, this article refers to the international styles of competition on a mat. In February 2013, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to remove the sport from the 2020 Summer Olympics onwards. On 8 September 2013, the IOC announced that wrestling would return to the Summer Olympics in 2020. The rapid rise in the popularity of the combat sport mixed martial arts (MMA) has increased interest in amateur wrestling due to its effectiveness in the sport and it is considered a core discipline.
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Since its creation, the AAPRP has helped create medical guidelines, standardization and research into boxing injuries as well as efforts to promote education via yearly seminars. To better serve professional, as well as amateur boxers, MMA contestants and other combat sport participants and to more inclusively represent global combat sports medicine, a formal and long-contemplated name change occurred in 2011. The American Association of Professional Ringside Physicians (AAPRP) evolved into the Association of Ringside Physicians (ARP). Additionally, the organization became affiliated with the American College of Sports Medicine.
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Inside MMA aired immediately following AXS TV Fights broadcasts. Each show began with highlights and analysis of the night's event with AXS TV Fights commentators UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich and "The Voice" Michael Schiavello. Hosts Ranallo and Rutten also provided highlights from MMA and other combat sport events from around the world, featuring promotions such as UFC, Bellator, World Series of Fighting, and One FC, as well as many other regional MMA promotions. Each episode also included a viewer submission segment, featuring highlights submitted by Inside MMA viewers.
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Since the founding day of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), there was an interest in simulated combat sport with a "medieval style". The first "tournaments" were highly informal and used a mishmash of fencing equipment and wooden weapons. The first combat style among the SCA that evolved into a formal rule set from this was Armored Combat, which uses wooden, padded and rubber weapons along with specially made body armor unique to that style. As early as 1969, there were informal discussions about introducing "rapier and dagger" style combat as a society activity.
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Musti-Yuddha (Sanskrit and ; ) is a traditional combat sport originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term literally means "fist combat", from the Sanskrit words muṣṭi (fist) and yuddha (fight, battle, conflict). While this would originally have been used as a general term for any boxing art, today it usually refers to muki boxing from Varanasi, the only surviving unarmed style. In the Punjab there still exists an armed form of boxing called loh-musti in which the fighters wear an iron ring on one hand, although it is no longer used for sparring.
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A Combat sport, also known as a Combative sport, is a competitive contact sport where two combatants fight against each other using certain rules of engagement (usually significantly different from the rules in simulated combats meant for practice or challenge in martial arts), typically with the aim of simulating parts of real hand to hand combat. Boxing, kickboxing, amateur wrestling, mixed martial arts and fencing are examples of combat sports. The techniques used can be categorized into three domains: striking, grappling, and weapon usage, with some hybrid rule-sets combining striking and grappling.
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By 1990 Havan had concluded that his 40 years of training and experience with several martial arts had not prepared him to deal with a determined attack outside of the tightly regulated combat sport environment. Following on this, he developed a simplified self- defense system, a technique for surviving a real life attack rather than a formal martial art, which he called Counterstrike. He has successfully taught the system in Thailand, Vietnam, France, China, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The system was later renamed kick-poke-chop, or KPC, after its three basic strikes.
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Mixed martial arts (MMA) in the United States was sanctioned under the Unified Rules in the states of New Jersey and Nevada in 2001, and is now regulated in all but two states by their combat sport commissions, MMA regulation outside the US varies by country. , there have been seven recorded deaths resulting from sanctioned contests and nine from unregulated bouts, none however in the largest MMA promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship. A 2006 study suggests that the risk of injury in general in MMA is comparable to that in professional boxing.Bledsoe et al.
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Sanchez was born in the city of Houston, Texas. His first combat sport experience started with BJJ at the age of eighteen, serving as a training partner for his brother to test out the new moves which his brother had learned, when he was eighteen years old. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science of Mathematics in 2012, Sanchez took up a job as a Mathematics teacher in high school. He later took a hiatus from long hours teaching career to concentrate on training and competing in MMA.
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The men's sanda 52 kg at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand was held from 16 to 19 December at the Thammasat Gymnasium 6. Sanda, formerly knows as Sanshou is the official Chinese full contact combat sport. Sanda (Sanshou) is a fighting system which was originally developed by the Chinese military based upon the study and practices of traditional Kung fu and modern combat fighting techniques. A total of 10 men from 10 different countries competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight was less than 52 kilograms.
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The men's sanda 56 kg at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand was held from 16 to 19 December at the Thammasat Gymnasium 6. Sanda, formerly knows as Sanshou is the official Chinese full contact combat sport. Sanda (Sanshou) is a fighting system which was originally developed by the Chinese military based upon the study and practices of traditional Kung fu and modern combat fighting techniques. A total of 10 men from 10 different countries competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight was less than 56 kilograms.
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"The Great Wife Hope" is the third episode of The Simpsons' twenty-first season. Originally broadcast on the Fox network in the United States on October 11, 2009, it sees the men of Springfield taking immense interest in a new combat sport called mixed martial arts (MMA). Marge is appalled by the violent sport and demands that the creator put a stop to it, but he agrees only if she will fight him in a match and win. "The Great Wife Hope" was written by Carolyn Omine and directed by Matthew Faughnan.
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Fighting Network Rings, trademarked as RINGS, is a Japanese combat sport promotion that has lived three distinct periods: puroresu promotion from its inauguration to 1995, mixed martial arts promotion from 1995 to its 2002 disestablishment, and the revived mixed martial arts promotion from 2008 onward. RINGS was founded by Akira Maeda on May 11, 1991, following the dissolution of Newborn UWF. At that time, Maeda and Mitsuya Nagai were the only two people to transfer from UWF, wrestlers such as Kiyoshi Tamura, Hiromitsu Kanehara and Kenichi Yamamoto would later also transfer from UWF International.
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12, p. 64. Although the show was a mix of demonstrations and contests that, to this day are viewed with suspicion as to whether they were predetermined she was the first female to perform a combat sport in Madison Square Garden. Regardless of her lack of pro fights in the sport she did demonstrated her strength and power in the gym. She was also the first female boxer to become a member of Ring 8, the Veterans Boxing Association, and inducted into their Hall of Fame, as well as, Madison Square Garden's Hall of Fame.
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Shootfighting is a martial art and combat sport, with competitions governed by the International Shootfighting Association (ISFA). Shootfighting incorporates techniques from a multitude of traditional martial arts, the most principal of these being wrestling and kenpo. Shootfighting was previously used synonymously with mixed martial arts competitions in Japan, as opposed to shoot-style professional wrestling competitions. This usage of the term is retired from common usage because it became a registered trademark of Bart Vale, who uses it to describe his hybrid fighting system derived from shoot wrestling.
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Muay Thai (, , ), sometimes referred to as "Thai boxing", is a combat sport of Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. This discipline is known as the "art of eight limbs" as it is characterized by the combined use of fists, elbows, knees and shins. Muay Thai became widespread internationally in the late-20th to 21st century, when Westernized practitioners from Thailand began competing in kickboxing and mixed rules matches as well as matches under muay Thai rules around the world. The professional league is governed by The Professional Boxing Association of Thailand (P.
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The Gracie Family () is a prominent martial arts family from Rio de Janeiro, known for their development & modification of Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ). They have been successful in combat sport competitions for over 80 years representing their self-defense system (Gracie Jiu-Jitsu) including mixed martial arts (MMA), vale tudo and submission wrestling events. Several members were involved in the creation of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), along with promoter Art Davie. As a family, the Gracies upheld the "Gracie Challenge", a martial arts challenge intended to showcase the effectiveness of their style of jiu-jitsu against other martial arts disciplines.
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Video Action was also an early example of cooperative gameplay, as each sport could be played in teams of two. That same year, Nintendo released EVR-Race, an early horse racing simulation game with support for up to six players. In 1976, Sega released an early combat sport game, Heavyweight Champ, based on boxing and now considered the first fighting game. In 1978 Atari released Atari Football, which is considered to be the first video game to accurately emulate American football; it also popularized the use of the trackball, having been inspired by an earlier Taito soccer game that used a trackball.
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Sambo (; ) is a Russian martial art and combat sport. The word "SAMBO" is an acronym for SAMozashchita Bez Oruzhiya, which literally translates as "self- defense without weapons". Sambo is relatively modern since its development began in the early 1920s by the Soviet Red Army to improve their hand-to-hand combat abilities. Intended to be a merger of the most effective techniques of other martial arts, sambo has roots in Japanese judo, international styles of wrestling, plus traditional folk styles of wrestling such as: Armenian kokh, Georgian chidaoba, Romanian trîntǎ, Tatar köräş, Uzbek kurash, Mongolian khapsagay and Azerbaijani gulesh.
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A retirement show was held on May 29, 2009 at The Dothan Civic Center where many past stars came out to honor Armstrong before his match in the main event. In 2010, Bob returned to the ring at the "GOTJ 2010" event, where he defeated former rival "Cowboy" Bob Orton, Jr.. From 2010 to 2015, Armstrong worked occasional matches around Georgia, mainly working for promotions such as All Pro Wrestling, Superstars Of Wrestling and Combat Sport Pro. Armstrong wrestled his last match on May 11, 2019 for Continental Championship Wrestling in Dothan, Alabama, where he defeated The Assassin.
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It was also the first side-scroller to include cutscenes. In 1986, Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun deviated from the martial arts themes of earlier beat 'em up games and introduced street brawling to the genre. The Western adaptation Renegade (released the same year) added an underworld revenge plot that proved more popular with gamers than the principled combat sport of other games.Spencer, Spanner, The Tao of Beat-'em-ups (part 2), EuroGamer, Feb 12, 2008, Accessed Mar 18, 2009 Renegade set the standard for future beat 'em up games as it introduced the ability to move both horizontally and vertically.
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Muay Thai, Thailand's signature sport Muay Thai (, RTGS: Muai Thai, , lit. "Thai boxing") is a combat sport of Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. Muay Thai became widespread internationally in the late-20th to 21st century, when Westernized practitioners from Thailand began competing in kickboxing and mixed rules matches as well as matches under muay Thai rules around the world, Famous practitioners such as Buakaw Banchamek, Samart Payakaroon, Dieselnoi Chor Thanasukarn and Apidej Sit-Hirun. Buakaw Banchamek has probably brought more international interest in Muay Thai than any other Muay Thai fighters ever had.
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However, the Kunst des Fechtens could still be used for self-defense and never really became a fully combat sport. The term Versportlichung (the term describes the change from a combat system into a martial sport) as a mitigation of the fight sequences first appeared in the late 18th century, when fencing, mostly took place with the small sword. See In the mid 16th century, the first attempts, notably by Paulus Hector Mair, at preserving and reconstructing the teachings of the past century appeared. The foundation of the Federfechter in 1570 at Vienna falls into this late period.
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The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic dystopia on the year 2019, where the world has been reduced to a Mad Max-inspired setting and humanity has now turned towards more violent sports for entertainment as a result of both technological advancements and nationwide reorganization of the political structure that led to the creation of new kinds of sports, with the titular BattleWheels being the most popular of all. This arena-based combat sport pits up to six warriors dueling each other and driving heavily-armored vehicles named Hi-Tech in order to kill the other opponents to emerge victorious.
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Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring. Amateur boxing is both an Olympic and Commonwealth Games sport and is a standard fixture in most international games—it also has its own World Championships. Boxing is overseen by a referee over a series of one-to- three-minute intervals called rounds. A winner can be resolved before the completion of the rounds when a referee deems an opponent incapable of continuing, disqualification of an opponent, or resignation of an opponent.
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It was also among the first beat 'em ups to be successfully ported to home systems. Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun, released in 1986 in Japan, deviated from the martial arts themes of earlier games and introduced street brawling to the genre. The Western adaptation Renegade (released the same year) added an underworld revenge plot that proved more popular with gamers than the principled combat sport of other games.Spencer, Spanner, The Tao of Beat-'em-ups (part 2), EuroGamer, Feb 12, 2008, Accessed Mar 18, 2009 Renegade set the standard for future beat 'em up games as it introduced the ability to move both horizontally and vertically.
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Lethwei (; IPA: ), or Burmese boxing, is a full contact combat sport from Myanmar that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. Lethwei is considered to be one of the most brutal martial arts in the world, as the sport is done bareknuckle with only tape and gauze while fighters are allowed to strike with their fists, elbows, knees, feet and headbutts are also permitted. Disallowed in most combat sports, headbutts are important weapons in a Lethwei fighter's arsenal. This is the reason Lethwei is also known as The Art of 9 Limbs, and deemed one of the bloodiest martial art of the Indian cultural sphere.
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Boli Khela or Bali Khela () is a traditional form of wrestling in Bangladesh, particularly popular in the Chittagong area considered as a national game of the district.Bangladesh. Ministry of Cabinet Affairs, Establishment Division It is a form of combat sport involving grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. It is one of the oldest traditions of the Chittagong. The sporting event, held in the first month of the Bengali year date of 7th, always takes place at Madarsha Union as Mokkaro boli khela & same month date of 12th, always takes place at Laldighi Maidan as Jabbarer Boli khela.
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La Liga Wrestling (formerly World Wrestling League or Liga Mundial de Lucha), is a wrestling promotion company based out of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2012 by businessman Richard Negrín with the cooperation of established wrestling figures such as Hugo Savinovich, the company developed a global scope, establishing alliances with over a dozen international promotions and holding shows throughout the Americas. In line with the traditional model of professional wrestling, LLW's shows do not feature legitimate sporting contests. Instead, its programs feature storyline-driven combat sport matches with predetermined outcomes and acrobatic and grappling maneuvers that are worked, which are publicly promoted as legitimate bouts to accentuate the entertainment.
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Guymon was born in Newport Beach, CA but raised in Irvine, CA. He attended many different schools but graduated from Woodbridge High School and went to Orange Coast College to further his studies. Guymon was trying to live his dream of playing professional baseball but while doing that he stumbled into mixed martial arts and instantly fell in love with the sport. He began training Muay Thai and kickboxing soon after finding out about the new combat sport. Once Guymon noticed that to become successful in MMA he would need to start developing a ground game, he started taking classes on Brazilian jiu-jitsu and wrestling.
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An aikidoka applying a wristlock and armlock combination as a pain compliance hold. Joint locks are commonly featured in all forms of grappling, whether it be in martial arts, self-defense, combat sport or hand to hand combat application. The variants involving lesser levering on a smaller joint (such as wristlocks) are often featured in law-enforcement or self-defense application, where they are used as pain compliance holds. Joint locks that involve full body leverage can on the other hand be used in hand to hand combat to partially or fully disable an opponent, by tearing major joints such as knees or elbows.
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Lucha libre, or professional wrestling, is a form of entertainment where matches are presented as being competitive, but the outcome of the matches are pre-determined by their promoters.Hornbaker (2016) p. 550: "Professional wrestling is a sport in which match finishes are predetermined. Thus, win/loss records are not indicative of a wrestler's genuine success based on their legitimate abilities - but on now much, or how little they were pushed by promoters" As part of presenting lucha libre as a genuine combat sport, promoters create championships that are used in the storylines presented on their shows, they are not won as a result of genuinely competitive matches.
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Sanda (), formerly Sanshou (), also known as Chinese boxing or Chinese kickboxing, is the official Chinese full contact combat sport. Sanda is a fighting system which was originally developed by the Chinese military based upon the study and practices of traditional Kung fu and modern combat fighting techniques; it combines full-contact kickboxing, which includes close range and rapid successive punches and kicks, with wrestling, takedowns, throws, sweeps, kick catches, and in some competitions, even elbow and knee strikes. Sanda, the free combat, is often taught alongside Wushu Taolu (forms) training. However, as part of the development of sport wushu by the Chinese government, a standard curriculum for Sanda was developed.
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He chose his professional as a fighter after decided to invest his time as an athlete in combat sport and to be part of something great in his life. He worked with the former Thailand national fight team member and multiple Muay Thai world champion, Master Kru Paul, in North Carolina to sharpen his stand up game prior finding his new training base at 2 Knuckle Sports. A typical training day for Gruetzemacher involves strength and conditioning in the morning, grappling in the evening and works on this stand up game in the later of the day after teaches two BJJ classes at 2 Knuckle Sports MMA Academy.
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For Hybrid martial arts, as they originated from the late 19th century and especially after 1950, it may be impossible to identify unique or predominant regional origins. It is not trivial to distinguish "traditional" from "modern" martial arts. Chronology is not the decisive criterion, as, for example, "traditional" Taekwondo was developed in the 1950s, while the "modern" hybrid martial art of Bartitsu was developed in ca. 1900. A large portion of traditional martial arts can be categorized as Folk wrestling (see the separate article), although in some cases a folk wrestling style and a modern combat sport may overlap or become indistinguishable from each other once the sport has been regulated.
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Muay Thai is a combat sport that utilizes eight different parts of the body (fists, elbows, knees, and shins), with that being said injuries are quite common in all levels of muay Thai. An injury is considered reportable if it requires the athlete to rest for more than one day. Many injuries in the sport of muay Thai go unreported as the fighters may not notice the injuries at first, refusing to admit they need treatment, a heightened pain threshold, fear that their instructor will perceive the injury negatively, and confusion as to what is an injury. Similar to most sports, injury rates tend to be higher in beginners rather than amateurs and professionals.
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A 12–6 elbow, referred to in commentary as a "twelve to six elbow" and officially "downward elbow strikes", is a strike used in the combat sport of mixed martial arts (MMA). The name of the 12–6 elbow is based on the concept of a clock on the wall with the bringing of an elbow from straight up (12 o'clock) to straight down (6 o'clock). 12–6 elbow strikes are illegal under the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts, defined as "striking downwards using the point of the elbow". Such bans were justified for medical and safety reasons, due to the possibility of serious injuries to opponents that could result from their use.
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Lucha libre, (professional wrestling) is a form of entertainment where matches are presented as being competitive, but their outcomes are pre-determined by promoters. As part of presenting lucha libre as a genuine combat sport, promoters create championships that are used in the storylines presented on their shows; they are not won as result of genuinely competitive matches. The championship is represented by a belt for the champion to wear before or after a match. In 2009, Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ("World Wrestling Council"; CMLL) began working with the Monterrey, Nuevo León local promotion "Lucha Libre Azteca" (LLA), allowing wrestlers under CMLL contracts to work LLA shows.
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Djokaeff and Boghossian won the 1998 FIFA World Cup with France, Andranik Teymourian competed in the 2006 World Cup for Iran and Edgar Manucharyan played in the Dutch Eredivisie for Ajax. Wrestling has been a successful sport in the Olympics for Armenia. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Armen Nazaryan won the gold in the Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight (52 kg) category and Armen Mkrtchyan won the silver in Men's Freestyle Paperweight (48 kg) category, securing Armenia's first two medals in its Olympic history. Traditional Armenian wrestling is called Kokh and practised in traditional garb; it was one of the influences included in the Soviet combat sport of Sambo, which is also very popular.
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The sport earned a negative reputation after Emile Griffith killed his opponent on national television in a 1962 contest, followed by the death of Davey Moore from an indirect in-ring injury during another televised contest a year later; by 1964, boxing was off national television. The rise of pay-per-view and premium channels led to most of the highest-profile matches returning to the airwaves via subscription television. While it still maintains a limited (and rising, thanks to the efforts of Premier Boxing Champions) presence on American broadcast television, boxing has declined in popularity since the 1990s with mixed martial arts, a more broad-based combat sport, rising to take its place. Stage pictured from the audience.
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Lucha libre, or professional wrestling, is a form of entertainment where matches are presented as being competitive, but the outcome of the matches are pre-determined by their promoters. As part of presenting lucha libre as a genuine combat sport, promoters create championships that are used in the storylines presented on their shows, they are not won as result of genuinely competitive matches. The championship is represented by a belt for the champion to wear before or after a match. The Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; "World Wrestling Council") introduced the CMLL Japan Super Lightweight Championship in 1999 and later renamed it the CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship in 2003.
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This raised the profile of Muaythai as an internationally recognized sport, through the activities of IFMA to promote Muaythai as a medium for cultural exchange and to raise awareness about this aspect of Thai tradition. 2010 marked the year when Muaythai was one of the 13 world recognized combat sport to be part of the World Combat Games in Beijing under patronage of the IOC, and the second edition was held in 2013 again under patronage of the IOC in St Petersburg, Russia. Now 15 world recognized Martial Arts including Olympic Fencing have also joined the games. IFMA's objective is the total unification of all 128 member national federations, working mutually for the sport and the athletes.
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Became a member of Dewan Perguruan of Persekutuan Silat Kebangsaan Malaysia (PESAKA) and member of Dewan Perguruan PESAKA Selangor. Tn. Hj. Anuar bin Abdul Wahab founded Silat Olahraga (Silat combat sport) by holding National and State Silat Olahraga Coaches and Referee Jury courses since 1984-2004. He also founded Silat Seni by holding National and State-level Silat Seni Coaches and Referee Jury courses since 1995.He planned and executed the Kursus Muzik Silat Baku Malaysia (and was Judge for Pergendangan Silat (Muzik Silat Baku Malaysia) in Kedah 2002-2004), Kursus Jurulatih dan Hakim Silat Seni Sekolah- sekolah Malaysia which was a course for coaches, referees and jury on the Malaysian school level at Maktab Teknik Kuala Lumpur.
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The combat sport wrestling has been practised in Canada for more than a century, with the first amateur wrestling championships being held at Toronto's Argonaut Rowing Club in 1901. The sport has grown considerably since that time, and in 1969 the Canadian Amateur Wrestling Association was formed. Now known as Canada Wrestling Lutte, it is the national governing body for Olympic style wrestling in Canada, and its purpose is to encourage and develop the widest participation and highest proficiency in Olympic wrestling in Canada. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Carol Huynh won a bronze medal in the women's -48 kg category, and Tonya Verbeek won a silver medal in the -55 kg freestyle competition.
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Kang in Muay Thai training in 2017 Kang's family have a home in Koh Samui, an island off the east coast of Thailand. Kang was taking a 10-day holiday from modeling there in 2016, when she noticed young fighters from a local gym training in the combat sport Muay Thai by the side of the road, and asked if she could try it; initially just to help her lose more of the weight that she was told she needed to. The coaches were impressed enough by her workout that they suggested she join. The 10 days turned into a six or nine-month training camp, of six day a week routines.
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Quadros contributed to “Bas Rutten's Big Books of Combat” and to “UFC's Ultimate Warriors: The Top Ten” and “The Ultimate Martial Arts Q&A; Book”. He also served as a judge for the Ultimate Fighting Championship 8. Stephen was the founding editor of Black Belt Presents: FIGHTSPORT with Stephen Quadros (2001–2002), a full-color glossy magazine with newsstand distribution published by Black Belt Magazine. Prior to that, Quadros was a contributing editor/columnist for Black Belt (1998–2001) and Fighters Only (2005–2006), editor-in-chief of Kickboxing Ring Report (1993–1998) and was published in popular combat sport publications such as Inside Kung Fu, Karate/Kung Fu Illustrated, Grappling Magazine and Full Contact Fighter.
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The first government entity to regulate professional wrestling was the Comisión de Boxeo y Lucha Libre Profesional del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico (lit."Boxing and Professional Wrestling Commission") which also covered both amateur and professional forms of boxing, which being a legitimate combat sport remained the main focus of the commission. By the early 2000s a revision to the regulations of professional wrestling was being discussed, however, this plan was fully abandoned when the Commission was disbanded and professional wrestling was assimilated into the recreation division of the Puerto Rico Department of Sports and Recreation (DRD). Despite this, former commissioners Ismael Van Drake, Hugo Duarte and Héctor González remained tied to the business by appearing in angles for the IWA and WWC.
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Under Lee's tutelage, Massar's skills developed very quickly and he was soon noted for his fitness,Fighting fit; Eddie Ferrie; The Crowood Press pg 22-29,34-43 Martial Arts Illustrated vol 26 No 6 Nov 2013 pg 92-95 flexibility and superlative Taekwondo kicking style. Massar's eagerness to learn eventually compelled him to become a student of C.K Kok, who was instrumental in expanding his knowledge of Chinese Kung Fu especially the skills of breaking, weaponry, conditioning, medicine and healing, aspects of which can be evident in his freestyle classes.Kung Fu Martial Art and Combat Sport; Eddie Ferrie; The Crowood Press pg 34-44 Massar supports the view that individuals should learn more than one martial art in order to become a more complete martial artist.
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The Tanfoglio Force models are polymer frame versions of the Tanfoglio T95 Combat/Standard high strength steel frame models,The Tanfoglio T95 Combat/Standard high strength steel frame models are available in four basic forms: L, COMBAT SPORT, COMBAT, STANDARD, CARRY, CARRY STANDARD, COMPACT and COMPACT STANDARD in standard and subcompact pistol frame sizes. The steel surface finish can be military blued, polished "Wonder" finish, blue "Wonder" finish or hard chrome finish. that, in turn, are clones of the famous CZ-75 pistol design, save for minor details. The FORCE 22L variant has however a standard sized polymer/aluminium combination frame and the FORCE CARRY R POLICE and FORCE CARRY F PRO variants are hybrid designs, using a polymer frame, and polished steel "Wonder" finish slide.
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Kit Bauman, co-writer of Thesz's autobiography Hooker, received a magazine mailed by Thesz that included a story on the sport of pankration, an ancient Greek combat sport that blended wrestling and boxing (and considered an early precursor to MMA), with a brief note that Thesz wrote saying, "this sounds like something I would have enjoyed." As an announcer, Thesz was the color commentator for International World Class Championship Wrestling's weekly television show. He became the commissioner and trainer for the shoot-style promotion Union of Wrestling Force International, and lent the promotion one of his old NWA championship belts, which they recognized as their own world title. With the promotion he spent one week every month in Japan teaching the wrestlers techniques in catch wrestling.
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The show itself has now been considered (fictionally) by the government as if it were an illegal combat sport, and have been trying to shut down the underground organisation (led by new presenters Barney and Gemma) ever since. There are now four teams in each episode with one zook each. They take part in a street race at the beginning of each show, and the winning team gets to pick an opponent in the next game (Which is one-on-one and best of three). The two losing zooks take part in another challenge called pressure pusher with the zook that loses it being destroyed (each time a zook is destroyed, edited stock footage is used to show the considerably comical demise of each zook).
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One of the running skits on Sanma's Super Karakuri TV featured Ologun attempting a variety of different jobs and skills in which he had no previous experience (he succeeded Tamao Nakamura in these skit performances). Inspired from watching Bob Sapp vs Tarō Akebono on K-1 Dynamite!! on New Year's Eve in 2003, Ologun tried judo on Karakuri-TV. Karakuri-TV's emcee, Sanma Akashiya (who had previously watched a VTR of Ologun struggling in the martial art and half-jokingly said, "Bobby might be able to take part in a combat sport event at the end of the year."), in reference to the New Year's Eve supershows put on by K-1, PRIDE, and Antonio Inoki's now defunct BOM-BA-YE promotion.
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Traces of sprinting as a team sport extend back several thousand years – as evidenced in images in the cave in Lascaux in France which depict people running after animals or vice versa; this was an issue of survival of the fittest. Ancient Greek wrestlers Rock paintings of humans in the cave of swimmers Organized athletics in Greece traditionally date back to 776 BC, with ongoing activity recorded up to 393 BC. These ancient Olympic Games tested warrior skills and consisted of running, jumping or leaping, wrestling (combat sport), and javelin throw. In the Bayankhongor Province of Mongolia, Neolithic-era cave paintings dating to 7000 BC depict a wrestling match surrounded by crowds. Prehistoric cave- paintings in Japan show a sport similar to sumo wrestling.
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According to boxing trainer Emanuel Steward, Hamed "opened the door" for British fighters as well as for boxers from lower weight divisions to earn significant prize money; his earnings were unprecedented for a featherweight. According to his boxing trainer nephew SugarHill Steward, Hamed's "flair and skill and confidence" inspired "a generation" and "gave fighters over here a massive opportunity, the confidence to crack the American market." HBO executive Lou DiBella compared his impact to that of Muhammad Ali, arguing that Hamed "changed boxing" and "redefined the fighter as a showman and an entertainer". Hamed was an inspiration for a number of future combat sport world champions from Britain and Ireland, including British boxers such as Amir Khan, James DeGale, Kell Brook, and Tyson Fury, as well as Irish MMA fighter Conor McGregor.
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The Jidokwan was subsequently rolled up, along with most of the other Korean "kwans" into the newly systematized Korean national combat sport of "Taekwondo" (meaning "Foot Fist Way") in the mid 1950s. This new, unified Korean martial art emphasized different training and fighting methods than did the older Japanese karate styles from which it was derived, including stressing higher, fancier kicking and more acrobatic movements. Unlike the other kwans, however, the Yun Mu Kwan name disappeared very early in the history of Korean karate and so was never formally consolidated into the new Korean national sport of taekwondo—although some practitioners of Korean karate today still make use of the name. Most, but not all, have adopted the techniques, training methods and competitive rules which characterize modern taekwondo.
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Founded in Cyprus in 2013, Legion Run is the only obstacle course based in south-eastern Europe. With a motto of ‘We are Legion, we are one of many, we are you’, this non-competitive event emphasizes teamwork and overcoming personal challenges. Legion Run has held successful events in Cyprus, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary,Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Lithuania, Israel, Slovakia and has quickly established itself as a favorite in the region, particularly amongst members of the CrossFit and combat sport communities, as well as corporations, armed forces and other organized teams. Legion Run involves a 5 km course with at least 15 obstacles, along with a parallel all-day festival for both participants and spectators. Every participant that crosses the finish line is awarded an exclusive ‘I Am Legion’ T-shirt and a well-deserved beer.
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Some schools believe that competition breeds better and more efficient practitioners, and gives a sense of good sportsmanship. Others believe that the rules under which competition takes place have diminished the combat effectiveness of martial arts or encourage a kind of practice which focuses on winning trophies rather than a focus such as cultivating a particular moral character. The question of "which is the best martial art" has led to inter style competitions fought with very few rules allowing a variety of fighting styles to enter with few limitations. This was the origin of the first Ultimate Fighting Championship tournament (later renamed UFC 1: The Beginning) in the U.S. inspired by the Brazilian Vale tudo tradition and along with other minimal rule competitions, most notably those from Japan such as Shooto and Pancrase, have evolved into the combat sport of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA).
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He replaces the injured Chiharu and is beaten by Jack Hammer who almost bites off his hand leaving it dangling by a piece of skin and stabs his ribs into his heart. He is later nearly killed by the Russian convict Sikorsky. He requested himself to be chained with specialized titanium shackles because he could not control his strength, but vowed to unlock himself if "Mother Russia" was in danger; thus given the nickname by his peers, "The Chained Patriot", what is most remarkable about him is that he does not possess any formal training apart from the basic rules of any combat sport he competes in and relies heavily on his own natural strength,strength which enabled him to cut down a tree with a single swing of his axe, rip the full roots of it from the ground and dig not any mere hole but a near meteor sized crater. In the English dub his name is pronounced "Zeigan/Zargan".
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In this context, pankration was also referred to as pammachon or pammachion (πάμμαχον or παμμάχιον), meaning "total combat", from πᾶν-, pān-, "all-" or "total", and μάχη, machē, "matter". The term pammachon was older, and would later become used less than the term pankration. The mainstream academic view has been that pankration developed in the archaic Greek society of the 7th century BC, whereby, as the need for expression in violent sport increased, pankration filled a niche of "total contest" that neither boxing nor wrestling could.Poliakoff, Combat Sport in the Ancient World However, some evidence suggests that pankration, in both its sporting form and its combative form, may have been practiced in Greece already from the second millennium BC. Pankration, as practiced in historical antiquity, was an athletic event that combined techniques of both boxing (pygmē/pygmachia – πυγμή/πυγμαχία) and wrestling (palē – πάλη), as well as additional elements, such as the use of strikes with the legs, to create a broad fighting sport similar to today's mixed martial arts competitions.
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In most of the largest promotions, such as New Japan Pro-Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah, it is treated as a full contact combat sport as it mixes hard hitting martial arts strikes with shoot style submission holds, while in the U.S. it is rather more regarded as an entertainment show. Wrestlers incorporate kicks and strikes from martial arts disciplines, and a strong emphasis is placed on submission wrestling, and unlike the use of involved storylines in the U.S., they are not as intricate in Japan, more emphasis is placed on the concept of "fighting spirit", meaning the wrestlers display of physical and mental stamina are valued a lot more than theatrics. Many of Japan's wrestlers including top stars such as Shinya Hashimoto, Riki Chōshū and Keiji Mutoh came from a legitimate martial arts background and many Japanese wrestlers in the 1990s began to pursue careers in mixed martial arts organizations such as Pancrase and Shooto which at the time retained the original look of puroresu but were actual competitions. Other companies, such as Michinoku Pro Wrestling and Dragon Gate, wrestle in a style similar to Mexican companies like AAA and CMLL.
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