mixed martial arts en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From mixed + martial arts.
Meanings
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(plural, plural-only) A style of combat sport allowing a wide range of combat techniques such as striking and grappling.
Mixed martial arts is essentially about making the opponent tire out before you do so you are at an advantage in dealing devastating moves.
2008, Mickey Dimic, Christopher Miller, Mixed Martial Arts Unleashed: Mastering the Most Effective Moves for Victory, page 20:Though mixed martial arts has successfully peeled away fans from boxing (a sport that’s lost any compelling champions and much of its dignity) and WWE (a “sport” that’s always existed in quotation marks) it’s had trouble shaking its reputation as “human cockfighting.”
2002 April 19, Scott Tobias, “Fightville”, in AV Club:Other top talent in the Central Vision library includes Black Belt Hall of Fame members Ernie Reyes Sr., Frank Shamrock, Bill “Superfoot” Wallace, mixed-martial arts champion Pat Miletich, breaking champion Larry Fields and Olympic judo medalist Mike Swain.
2003 November, “Century Completes 100th Martial Arts Video”, in Black Belt, page 111:Jiu jitsu competitions are vastly different from mixed martial arts, as they are grappling-only, and if an athlete does well in jiu jitsu, it doesn't guarantee that he'll also do well in mixed martial arts (and vice versa).
2005, Jeremy Wall, UFC′s Ultimate Warriors: The Top Ten, page 202:
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it arti marziali miste (style of combat sport) · es artes marciales mixtas (style of combat sport) · pl mieszane sztuki walki (style of combat sport) · fr combat libre (style of combat sport) · mn холимог тулааны урлаг (style of combat sport) · nl mixed martial arts (style of combat sport) · hy ընդհանուր մենամարտեր (style of combat sport) · ko 종합격투기 (style of combat sport) · de Mixed Martial Arts (style of combat sport) · tr karma dövüş sanatı (style of combat sport) · ka შერეული საბრძოლო ხელოვნება (style of combat sport) · cmn 綜合格鬥 /综合格斗 (style of combat sport) · ar فُنُونٌ القِتَالِ الْمُخْتَلِطَة (style of combat sport) · si මිශ්ර සටන් ශිල්ප (style of combat sport) · no mixed martial arts (style of combat sport) · ru смешанные боевые искусства (style of combat sport) · tr karma dövüş sanatları (style of combat sport) · ja 総合格闘技 (style of combat sport) · cmn 無限制格鬥 /无限制格斗 (style of combat sport) · pt vale-tudo (style of combat sport) · gl artes marciais mistas (style of combat sport) · pt artes marciais mistas (style of combat sport) · fi vapaaottelu (style of combat sport) · de gemischte Kampfkünste (style of combat sport) · ko 이종격투기 (style of combat sport) · th ศิลปะการต่อสู้แบบผสม (style of combat sport) · vi võ thuật tổng hợp (style of combat sport) · kk аралас жекпе-жек (style of combat sport) · af gemengde vegkuns (style of combat sport) · bn মিশ্র মার্শাল আর্টস (style of combat sport) · cmn 混合武術 /混合武术 (style of combat sport) · sv mixed martial arts (style of combat sport)