Description
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport that combines striking
and grappling technique from multiple disciplines - including Brazilian
jiu-jitsu, wrestling, Muay Thai and boxing - under a single, codified ruleset.
It emerged from early no-holds-barred contests in the 1990s and is regulated
today under the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. Unlike those component
arts, MMA has no rank or belt system of its own; practitioners typically train
and grade in one or more of them separately.
Related styles
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Shooto keeps its own founder, organisation and identity, so it is not a
component of MMA. If its post-1990s identity is an MMA ruleset or promotion, the
reverse edge (Shooto variant_of MMA) fits better; to decide in Shooto.yaml.
Tags
mma · mixed-martial-arts · sport · hybrid
Sources
“Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport based on striking and
grappling, incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the
world.”
— Wikipedia contributors. (2026). Mixed martial arts.
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“On July 30, 2009, a motion was made at the annual meeting of the Association of
Boxing Commissions to adopt these rules as the "Unified Rules of Mixed
Martial Arts". The motion passed unanimously.”
— Wikipedia contributors. (2026). Mixed martial arts
rules - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)
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Identifiers
https://martial.is/entity/01KYSS3B587WR241FHHW19X24T
Cite and reuse
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Plain text
Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Mixed Martial Arts. In Martialis: Martial
Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KYSS3B587WR241FHHW19X24T - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01KYSS3B587WR241FHHW19X24T, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Mixed Martial Arts}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage
Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01KYSS3B587WR241FHHW19X24T}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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