Mixed Martial Arts

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Also known as

MMA

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

  • Derived fromBrazilian jiu-jitsu
  • Derived fromWrestling
  • Derived fromMuay Thai
  • Derived fromBoxing
  • Influenced byKarate
  • Influenced byTaekwondo
  • Influenced bySambo
  • Influenced byCatch Wrestling
  • Influenced byShooto
    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. Wikipedia (English)link history info
“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) link history info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01KYSS3B587WR241FHHW19X24T
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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.
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@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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