MIXED MARTIAL ARTS COMPANY/LEAGUE FOCUS

CAIRA MOREIRA

LEAGUE ASSOCIATION: UFC • Official website: www.ufc.com

• The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world featuring most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport.

• The organization showcases nine weight divisions and enforces the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts.

• The UFC has held over 300 events to date.

• The first UFC event was held on November 12, 1993 in Denver, Colorado.

HEADQUARTER LOCATION • Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.

• Address: Ultimate Fighting Championship

Office, Martial Arts Dojo, and General Entertainment 2960 W Sahara Ave (at Richfield Blvd.), LAS VEGAS, NV 89102

COMMISSIONER : DANA WHITE • Prior to becoming president of the UFC, White was an unofficial

amateur boxer as no record of his fights exist.

• He was also a boxing trainer.

• President of the mixed martial arts organization

• While working as a manager for Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell, White learned that Semaphore Entertainment Group, the parent company of the UFC, was looking for a buyer for the UFC.

• White contacted childhood friend Lorenzo Fertitta, an executive at Station Casinos and a former commissioner of the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

• Within a month, Lorenzo and his older brother Frank bought the UFC with White INSTALLED as its president.

• White owns 9% of Zuffa, LLC, the entity the Fertitta brothers created to own and manage the UFC.

SEASONS: WHICH SEASONS ARE IN SESSION?

Mixed Martial Arts is featured in the Summer Olympics

• Runs from March to August

HOW MANY IND. IN THE CURRENT LEAGUE? Heavyweights (265 lb, 120 kg): 36 fighters

Light Heavyweights (205 lb, 93 kg): 31 fighters

Middleweights (185 lb, 84 kg): 72 fighters

Welterweights (170 lb, 77 kg): 99 fighters

Lightweights (155 lb, 70 kg): 108 fighters

Featherweights (145 lb, 65 kg): 71 fighters

Bantamweights (135 lb, 61 kg): 54 fighters

Women's Bantamweights (135 lb, 61 kg): 28 fighters

Flyweights (125 lb, 56 kg): 41 fighters Women's Strawweights (115 lb, 52 kg): 22 fighters

Total: 562 fighters

TECIA TORRES• American mixed martial artist

• currently competing in the strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship

• she is #5 in the official UFC strawweight rankings.

• Lives in Falls River, MA

• Nickname is “The Tiny Tornado”

CHAMPIONSHIPS Heavyweight: The UFC Superfight Championship was unified with the UFC Tournament Championship to determine the inaugural UFC Heavyweight Champion

Light heavyweight: he Light Heavyweight Title was known as the Middleweight Title

Middle weight: The Pride World Welterweight Title (183 lb) was unified with the UFC Middleweight Title

Welterweight: he Welterweight Title was known as the Lightweight Title

Lightweight: he Lightweight Title was known as the Bantamweight Title

Featherweight

ROUNDS • UFC matches vary

• Championship fights last for a maximum of five rounds.

• Main event fights also last a max. of five rounds

• Non-main event bouts last for a maximum of three rounds

• There is a one-minute rest period between rounds.

HOW THE MATCHES END• Submission: a fighter clearly taps the mat or his opponent, verbally

submits, or clearly communicates being in pain (such as by yelling) to a degree that causes the referee to stop the fight. Also, a technical submission may be called when a fighter either loses consciousness or is on the verge of serious injury while in a hold.

• Knockout: a fighter is put into a state of unconsciousness resulting from any legal strike.

• Technical Knockout (TKO): If the referee decides a fighter cannot CONTINUE, the fight is ruled as a technical knockout. Technical knockouts can be classified into three categories: 1. referee stoppage 2. doctor stoppage 3. corner stoppage

• Disqualification: a fighter intentionally executes an illegal move that is considered by the referee or opponent to be injurious or significant enough to negatively alter the opponent's performance should the fight CONTINUE, resulting in the opponent's victory.

• Forfeit: a fighter fails to compete or intentionally and prematurely ends the bout for a reason besides injury, resulting in the opponent's victory.

HOW POINTS ARE DISTRIBUTED • The ten-point must system is in effect for all UFC fights

• three judges score each round and the winner of each receives ten points while the loser receives nine points or fewer (although 10–10 rounds are given in the rare event that a judge feels the rounds was too close to warrant giving one fighter 10 and the other 9.)

• Scores of 10–8 are typically awarded for dominant rounds and anything more dominant is scored less.

• 10–7 rounds are very rare.

WEIGHT DIVISIONS The UFC currently uses nine different weight classes:

Weight class name Upper limit Gender

in pounds (lb) in kilograms (kg) in stones (st)

Strawweight 115 52.2 8 st 3 lb Women

Flyweight 125 56.7 8 st 13 lb Men

Bantamweight 135 61.2 9 st 9 lb Men / Women

Featherweight 145 65.8 10 st 5 lb Men

Lightweight 155 70.3 11 st 1 lb Men

Welterweight 170 77.1 12 st 2 lb Men

Middleweight 185 83.9 13 st 3 lb Men

Light Heavyweight 205 93.0 14 st 6 lb Men

Heavyweight 265 120.2 18 st 13 lb Men

PROFESSIONAL ARTICLE FROM REFEREED JOURNAL

http://www.sportspsychologycoaching.com/articles/TheMentalGameOfMixedMartialArts.html

Title: The Mental Game of Mixed Article Arts

Source: Google search filtered “Peer Reviewed Articles”

“Modern fighters embrace mental toughness. They know they must have the mental resiliency and hardiness that comes from mental training. They know that when they step into the ring, the octagon or onto the mat, they must be able to answer a major, critical question. Am I ready mentally, emotionally, physically and tactically? Confidence is the name of the game in MMA, and mental training can give you that golden CURRENCY.”

KENNY FLORIAN

SOURCES

1. http://www.ufc.com/fighter

2. http://www.mmafighting.com/ufc

3. http://bleacherreport.com/ufc

4. http://www.foxsports.com/ufc

5. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ufc/

NON-LEAGUE COMPANY : REEBOK

Reebok International Ltd.

• 1895 J W Foster Blvd, Canton, MA 02021

• an athletic footwear and apparel company

• Reebok produces and distributes fitness and sports items including shoes, workout clothing and accessories, and training equipment.

• The global headquarters are located in Canton, Massachusetts, U.S. with regional offices in Amsterdam (EMEA), Montreal (Canada), Hong Kong (Asia Pacific) and Mexico City (Central and South America).

• They have offices in the Americas, India, throughout Europe, and in Australia

REEBOK AND UFC

On December 2, 2014, the UFC and Reebok held a press conference to announce an EXCLUSIVE DEAL for Reebok to become the worldwide outfitter for the UFC, beginning in July 2015.

JOBS

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FEATURED JOBS

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