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UFC - Giovanna Tuccori 8/26/06
WHAT IS UFC?
The Ultimate Fight Championship
A professional mixed martial arts organization offering the premier series of MMA sporting events.
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WHAT IS MMA?
An acronym for Mixed Martial Arts.
A sport that combines all different types of martial arts into one hybrid fighting sport under a unified set of rules.
Competitors use interdisciplinary forms of fighting to their strategic and tactical advantage in a supervised match.
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HISTORY The UFC organization follows a rich history and
tradition of competitive MMA dating back to the Olympic Games in Athens.
About 80 years ago, a Brazilian form of Mixed Marital Arts known as Vale Tudo (anything goes) sparked local interest in the sport.
The UFC brought MMA to the world with a concept to have a tournament of the best athletes skilled in the various disciplines of all martial arts.
The goal was to find “the Ultimate Fighting Champion”.
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STYLES
Boxing
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Freestyle & Greco-Roman Wrestling
Jiu Jutsu
Judo
Karate
Kickboxing
Kung Fu
Tae Kwon Do
Wrestling
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FIGHTING TECHNIQUES
Straight Arm LockHeal Hook
Punches
ElbowsKnees
Triangle ChokeArm Bar
Kicks
There are many fighting techniques, a few of these are:
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CONTROVERSY
The opponents of MMA have leveled numerous arguments against the sport, and under the leadership of Arizona Senator John McCain, quoted as referring to it as “human cock-fighting”, they succeeded in forcing the sport from national pay-per-view carriers, and convinced several states to ban the sport.
The full-contact blend of street brawling and martial arts was forced underground.
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“I wouldn’t say UFC is too violent,” says Steve Cohen, 46, a librarian from Brooklyn, N.Y. “I loved it from the very first pay-
per-view event. I thought the idea was long overdue, and it seemed a
lot of others agreed with me.
QUOTES
The Hartford CourantFriday, Jan. 11, 2002
“Some people love it some people hate it,” says Paul Munick, director of entertainment for Mohegan Sun Arena. “Whether one likes it or not, there is a fan base for this. The UFC is a legitimate and very professional
organization.”
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RULES
The Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts Combat, as drafted in New
Jersey, and later adopted in Nevada on July 23, 2001 were a welcome change to the sport.
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Lightweight - over 145 lbs. to 155 lbs.
Welterweight - over 155 lbs. to 170 lbs.
Middleweight - over 170 lbs. to 185 lbs.
Light Heavyweight - over 185 lbs. to 205 lbs.
Heavyweight - over 205 lbs. to 265 lbs.
WEIGHT CLASS
There are 5 weight classes:
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All non-championship bouts shall be three rounds.
All championship bouts shall be five rounds.
Rounds will be five minutes in duration with a one-minute rest period between each round.
Referee may restart the round if the fighters reach a stalemate.
BOUT DURATION
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FOULS
Eye gouging
Biting
Hair pulling
Groin attacks
There are 31 fouls, some of these include:
Using abusive language
Disregarding the instructions of the referee
Throwing in the towel
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WAYS TO WIN
1. Submission by: Physical tap out Verbal tap out
2. Technical knockout by the referee stopping the contest.
3. Decision via the scorecards, including: Unanimous decision Split decision Majority decision
4. Technical decision
5. Technical draw
6. Disqualification
7. Forfeit
8. No contest
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