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   What fighting styles do MMA fighters use?

   • The most popular MMA promotion, the UFC, includes boxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Karate, Kickboxing, Kung Fu, Taekwondo and wrestling as their major fighting styles. These can break down into fighting styles that have derived from these. You can see this when you look at fighters’ styles.

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   What are the different types of martial arts?

   • Sportive martial art combining boxing punches and martial arts kicks. Many different styles with different rules exist such as Muay Thai, full-contact karate and Asian Rules Fighting. Also referred to as Gung Fu, Chinese Boxing and Wu Shu. There are hundreds of Kung Fu styles. Many are patterned after movements of animals.

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   What are the different types of MMA?

   • Learn more › . Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) can include just about any martial art worldwide. Unless, of course, the martial art has moves that are against The Unified Rules Of MMA. MMA’s most commonly used martial arts are Boxing, Muay Thai, Kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Wrestling.

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   What is mixed martial arts (MMA)?

   • Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques and skills from a mixture of other combat sports to be used in competition. The rules allow usage of both striking and grappling techniques while standing and on the ground.

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   • One of the Most Effective MMA Fighting Styles: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Jiu-jitsu was an unarmed samurai martial art developed somewhere between the 3rd and 8th centuries.
   • Muay Thai. The art of eight limbs is Thai-style kickboxing taken up a few notches. Muay Thai fighters hit with elbows, knees, shins, and of course, fists.
   • Wrestling. Perhaps the oldest combat sport, wrestling equips fighters with takedown and submission skills. Wrestlers learn how to outmaneuver an opponent standing and on the ground.
   • Boxing. Boxers use their fists only, and there are strict rules they must follow. Grappling, throws, and elbows are all banned. But there is an arsenal of punches: hooks, jabs, uppercuts, and body shots.

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   Boxing is probably one of the most common forms of MMA fighting styles. Punching your opponent in the face and body is the broadest use of fighting techniques in competitions like the UFC, putting Boxing at the top of the most common styles. Boxing today is generally shortened as an understanding of what is actually “Western Boxing,” which has deve...

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   Kickboxing (K1 style) is generally known as using the fighting style of Boxing and building upon it to include using your feet to kick your opponent in their legs, body, and head. There’s a good reason why there are entire fighting promotions that focus on just this style alone, it’s very visibly exciting, and the attacking techniques are very clin...

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   Muay Thaihas a lot of similarities to Kickboxing in that you also use your feet to land attacks, but “Thai Boxing” adds yet another level by introducing the elbows and knees as extra points of attack. This Thai style is often referred to as “the art of eight limbs” because of the eight points of contact with which you can attack. Muay Thai can incl...

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   Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is the highly effective art of physically controlling opponents through technical grappling and submitting them. BJJ is a widespread profession for MMA fighters because of its effectiveness in the cage. With a good foundation in Jiu-Jitsu, fighters can use their entire body and limbs to control their opponent in a ground grappli...

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   Wrestling (like college or Olympic wrestling) is another highly used grappling martial art in MMA. Mixed martial artists with a Wrestling background are some of the most powerful, explosive, and successful fighters in MMA competition. Their unique abilities to control where the fight moves and whether it’s on the ground or on the feet give them the...

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   Learn about the most common and least common martial arts used in MMA, such as Boxing, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, BJJ, Wrestling, Kung Fu, Judo, Karate, Silat, and Sambo. See examples of techniques, advantages, and disadvantages of each style.

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   Apr 20, 2021 · Learn about the different fighting styles and rules of mixed martial arts (MMA), a full-contact combat sport that allows a wide variety of techniques and skills. Explore the origins and characteristics of boxing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, judo, karate, kickboxing, kung fu, taekwondo and wrestling.

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   Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. The first documented use of the term mixed martial arts was in a review of UFC 1 by television critic Howard Rosenberg in 1993.

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   Feb 22, 2022 · The most popular MMA promotion, the UFC, includes boxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Karate, Kickboxing, Kung Fu, Taekwondo and wrestling as their major fighting styles. These can break down into fighting styles that have derived from these.

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   Jan 10, 2023 · Learn about the different fighting styles in MMA, from striking to grappling, and how they can help you dominate the octagon. Explore the benefits and drawbacks of each style, and see examples of legendary fighters who use them.

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   Jul 30, 2022 · The most popular types of martial arts worldwide are Boxing, Karate, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), Muay Thai, MMA and Taekwondo. Each of these martial arts offers unique techniques, philosophies, and training methods. Karate focuses on striking techniques such as punches, kicks, and knee strikes.