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Kempo Chris

03-12-2003, 01:36 PM

I finshed it
Im gonna start off showing a few clips and hre it is
tell me wht yous think

Mixed Martial Arts is a combatitive sport that combines aspects from many different martial arts. Mixed Martial Arts is the purest form of sport. Two competitors going head to head and one coming out victorious. Mixed Martial arts is an exciting, skillfull, and action packed sport.
Mixed Martial arts dates back to the Ancient Greek Olympic Games in Athens, where it was known as Pankration. In the 1920's it again became popular in Brazil and later caught on in Japan. IN brazil it started as Vale Tudo which translate into English as "Anything Goes." Vale Tudo had no rules and no time limits, some matches would last for hours.
Mixed Martial Arts in the United states began in 1993 with the birth of the Ultimate fighting Championship. The early Ultimate Fighting Championships were a style versus style spectacle. The idea was to bring together champions of various martial arts and olympic sports, such as karate, jui-jitsu, boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, and various other disciplines. International support for the event was enormous. The UFC publicized thier events to be the "bloodiest most barbaric show in history," which wound up hurting themselves. The UFC encountered a ton of political opposition and problems. These problems led to the UFC bieng banned in most states and being kept off national television. Over the years, MMA has gone through drastic changes and acquired many rules to create a legitimate sport. The UFC is still today the most recognized MMA event in the world. Over the course of its nine-year existence and 43 events, the UFC has become the premier mixed martial arts event in the world, featuring competitors of multiple disciplines in a quest to become an Ultimate Fighting champion. The success of the UFC has spawned a multitude of similar or like events throughout the world, such as Pride Fighting Cahmpionship, King of the Cage, Extreme Challenge, Reality Fighting, and SuperBrawl to name a few . MMA events in some form are held in virtually every state in the US and many other countries around the world. The sport is most popular in the US, Japan, Brazil, and the UK.
In July 2001, the Nevada State Athletic Commission sanctioned the sport of MMA under a unified set of rules. The contests are held in either a traditional ring, similar to boxing, or a caged area. Despite how it looks, the cage actually is the safer of the two, as it prevents fighters from falling out of the fighting area onto the floor. The ways to win a bout are similar to boxing - by knockout, technical knockout (referee, doctor, or corner stoppage), decision, or disqualification. A fight can also be won by submission, or tap out. When a fighter feels he cannot go on any further, either due to a hold, punches, or fatigue, he can physically or verbally tap out. MMA bouts have five minute rounds – five rounds for title fights and three rounds for all other bouts. Prohibited techniques include, but are not limited to, groin strikes, throat strikes, kicks or knees to the head of a downed combatant, eye-gouging, biting, head-butting, striking to the spine, and holding on to the ropes or cage.
Mixed Martial artist are some of the greatest athletes in the world today. Mixed Martial Artists are what I consider to be as modern day warriors. MMA athletes often train six to eight hours a day, seven days a week. Mixed Martial Arts has totally evolved since the first UFC. In the early days, a fighter would train in one specific art, but today everyone is cross-training. The fighters have improved drasticaslly and competition has gotten alot stiffer. All MMA fighters train equally in standup and ground fighting. Most competitors choose to study Muay Thai kickboxing and/or Western Boxing for standup. On the ground, they often opt for a combination of amateur wrestling and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Some say its a barbaric sport and its dangerous, but that is totally untrue. There has only been one documented death in the 80+ year history of the sport of MMA. That occurred in an unsanctioned and unregulated event in the Soviet Union in 1998. Very rarely is there even an injury in a MMA fight. The majority of injuries sustained by the fighters are categorized as soft tissue type injuries such as abrasions, lacerations and bruising. Small bone injuries to hands, feet and facial areas such as the nose also make the list of injuries received.
The sport of Mixed Martial Arts has a long storied history. It has evolved from a “No-Rules” spectacle into a legitimate sport. As more people become exposed to this sport, it is growing in popularity and hopefully soon we will be watching MMA matches on national telivision. MMA will continue to evolve and excite fans for decades to come.