Styles Involved in MMA Pound for Pound

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One thing that we cannot tend to forget is the fact that the MMA Pound for Pound that we are enjoying today is the modern ideology and there are several other aspects that connect to it from other martial arts. There were many additions and deletions in the way the game was played. There are hence two distinct types of styles that we observe- One which is passed by the traditional martial arts and the other which are hybrid and discovered in today’s era.
Specialization in any particular martial arts requires complete training to master the art and in case of MMA Pound for Pound where there are many martial arts combined- training in all of them is required to play the game effectively. The following list throws some light on the various styles and their usages.

  1. Stand Up:  This is more of knee work, foot movement and punching styles and kicking as used in boxing/ kick boxing, Karate and so on. These are traditional and the modern way of stand up technique would be Sprawl and Brawl. In this technique the person stands up and strikes in order to avoid ground fighting by using sprawls. This is more of a grappling technique or a defending act. This is usually done by a basic boxer and wrestler who is trained in order to escape from takedowns.
  2. Clinching Techniques: Clinching, takedowns and throws are mainly used in events like judo and types of wrestling where we would usually see one person throwing the other down and take him down and sit on him to gain advantage over the other.

This in modern day is more known as ground and pound which involves a similar fashion where the opponent is taken down with a throw and then is attacked primarily with fists in order to gain victory or make the other submissive. This is also mainly used technique in wrestling as a strong action against submissions holds. Though not widely practiced in the earlier days- ground and pound is one of the primary techniques used in MMA Pound for pound and has become an essential part of training today.

  1. Ground Techniques- Ground control skills are highly required to achieve submissions holds and also defend against the same when your opponent makes use of it. In the modern day MMA Pound for Pound  this is more referred to as Submissions Grappling techniques where in the take down happens as in the clinching technique but then post that the opponent tries to put pressure on the person beneath him forcing him to submit. The counter action to this is most often where the defendant tries to pull the other on to the ground in order to get an advantage over him.

If you observe in the above mentioned techniques- they resemble to the traditional techniques in many ways but then there were certain disadvantages in all traditional forms. For instance in kick boxing we had the disadvantage that there were no effective counteractions to leg kicks and so on and so forth. In MMA Pound for Pound we will find that one martial art’s disadvantage is being overcome by a technique from another martial art which makes the sport complete.

MMA – Origin

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MMA Pound for pound

MMA Pound for pound

MMA stands for Mixed Martial Arts- this is by far one of the favorite events for many people who are crazy behind sports like Kickboxing. MMA Pound for pound is one of the varieties of the sport. They have many other categories like light weight, heavyweight and so on.  The origin of the modern MMA goes back to the early 1990’s when I t was introduced in countries like USA with the finding of what came to be popularly known as the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).It was much before started in Japan and Brazil too with different names though. The general attire for the Men’s game is only shorts so that the opponent does not get to grip the clothes during the fight.

MMA Pound for Pound involves various amounts of martial arts like Karate, Kickboxing. The best part of MMA is the fact that this is completely unarmed and the only weapons that the fighter has is his strength. In fact the term Pound to Pound actually refers to the weight of the two that gets compared. For people who find it a bit boring to follow just one style of martial arts like the karate or Kung-fu, MMA Pound for Pound invokes interest as the viewer gets to see a combination of the different styles that the fighters use. The origin goes back to a thread of games that were played with variations from a true boxing or a true wrestling game with unidentified rules which led o the idea behind the formation of the UFC with multiple martial arts being used in the same game.

Today various rules of the game have been changed and altered to suit the modern day requirements and safety measures. These were primarily done to encourage more people to play the sport and the necessity of the eradication from people’s minds that MMA Pound for Pound is a barbaric event and leads to death as there are no rules and regulations. Today we have the rules so strict that small violations can lead to warnings and then Disqualification from the game. With the addition of rules came the weight classifications as well as they were becoming an advantage for the heavy during submission acts. This got in the classification of almost 9 different classifications based on weight like the flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight, welterweight, lightweight, middle weight, light heavy weight and heavy weight.

A few other important modifications included the use of gloves to protect against blows and also prevent cuts and bruises in hands. This also led to less stoppage between the fights and less damage or bruise as well. In fact the use of elbow is also banned in many US states in order to ensure that there is lesser damage. At the end of the day what viewers want to watch is a passionate game of fight and not bruises and blood stains. Thus MMA Pound for Pound transformed from what was completely unknown in the 1990’s to be one of the famous games loved by many for its sportive action.


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