MMA Tips/Guide/Help (Mixed Martial Arts)

MMA Guide By Teh Exorcist.

Warning Invovles Reading.

Rules:


Fouls
No head-butting, eye gouging, hair pulling, biting or fish hooking (pulling at the cheek with a finger).
No attacking the groin
No strikes to the back of the head, spinal area and kidneys.
No strikes to, or grabs of the trachea
No small joint manipulation (control of four or more fingers/toes is necessary).
No intentionally throwing your opponent out of the ring.
No running out of the ring.
No purposely holding the ring ropes or octagon fence.

Ways to victory
Knock Out (KO): as soon as a fighter becomes unconscious due to strikes, his opponent is declared the winner (because MMA rules allow ground fighting, the fight is stopped to prevent further injury to the unconcious fighter.)
Submission: a fighter may admit defeat during a match by:
tapping three times on his opponent's body;
tapping three times on the mat or floor;
verbal announcement.


Technical Knockout (TKO)
Referee Stoppage: the referee may stop a match in progress if:
a fighter becomes dominant to the point where the opponent is unable to intelligently defend himself from attacks (this may occur as quickly as a few seconds);

a fighter appears to be unconscious from a grappling hold.
a fighter appears to have developed significant injuries (such as a broken bone) in the referee's view

Doctor Stoppage: the referee will call for a time out if a fighter's ability to continue is in question as a result of apparent injuries (such as a large cut). The ring doctor will inspect the fighter and stop the match if the fighter is deemed unable to continue safely, rendering the opponent the winner. However, if the match is stopped as a result of an injury from illegal actions by the opponent, either a disqualification or no contest will be issued instead.
Corner stoppage: a fighter's cornermen may announce defeat on the fighter's behalf by throwing in the towel during the match in progress or between rounds

Decision: if the match goes the distance, then the outcome of the bout is determined by three judges. The judging critera are organization-specific.

Forfeit: a fighter or his representative may forfeit a match prior to the beginning of the match, thereby losing the match.

Disqualification: a "warning" will be given when a fighter commits a foul or illegal action or does not follow the referee's instruction. Three warnings will result in a disqualification. Moreover, if a fighter is injured and unable to continue due to a deliberate illegal technique from his opponent, the opponent will be disqualified.

No Contest: in the event that both fighters commit a violation of the rules, or a fighter is unable to continue due to an injury from an accidental illegal technique, the match will be declared a "No Contest".

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To get you Started.

Grappling Tips

No matter what your grappling style is, you must be good at closing the distance and that requires speed, technique and timing. When closing the distance you can shoot, just in for a dominant clinch position and work from there.

When closing the distance it is important that you stay out of the opponents striking range and you can step in and attack or bait him in, when baiting him in have you jaw/head protected by placing your bent arm next to your head so the point of the elbow is facing the opponent and have your other hand open and not far from your jaw/chin so you can defend if a punch comes at you but also used when you jump in the grab the position you are aiming for.

When being aggressive and closing the distance still cover you face but throw a punch while moving for the position you are looking for.

One of the most important parts of closing the distance is not to stop.

Wrestling

I understand Wrestling is in many American schools and other various locations and if that is the case then it is a good place for training. Wrestling has slams/takedowns using strength(mainly) and you often find yourself in dominant positions and you can work for a submission or what many primarily wrestlers do, ground and pound.

Some practitioners to watch - Sean Sherk, Matt Hughes, Matt Lindland, Dan Henderson(correct me if these are not the best)

Judo

Judo like many fighting styles has to be adapted and Judo has to be adapted without the gi which can be easy and hard but easier then alot of people think ie grab the wrist instead of the sleeve.

Judo is mainly about technique and can build alot of core strength.

In Judo you can have the option whether to aim for more damage or get in a good position, examples.

Karo Parisyan - Aims for more damage, throws people on their heads but does not land in a dominant position or even on them.

Hidehiko Yoshida - Uses Judo alot to mainly get into dominant positions and works from there.

Using Judo to get into dominant positions does not mean it does not do damage, i often do my favorite throw Uchi Mata and slam them to the ground and land in side control.

Judo has a fairly good submission ground and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu was made from Judo but the ground game of Judo by itself does not usually match up to the ground game of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and you wouldn't expect it to.

Some practitioners to watch - Hidehiko Yoshida, Karo Parisyan, Makoto Takimoto and other members of the Yoshida Dojo.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Jiu Jitsu has excellent submissions, strategies to get into better positions and much more and this is the most common grappling style.

It important to have good takedowns when you have good Jiu Jitsu otherwise you could be forced to stand and trade with a striker which usually train to keep it standing so you must have effective takedowns.

Some practitioners to watch - BJ Penn, Minotauro Nogueira and Members of the Gracie family.

Feel free to ask any questions.

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Seems like a nice guide, I would expand on the different Styles though.

7 Years kickboxing here
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Edit.. Never mind, he's banned
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nice guide im sure most sythers value it for self defence