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Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full contact combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques, from a mixture of martial arts traditions and non-traditions, to be used in competitions. The rules allow the use of striking and grappling techniques, both while standing and on the ground. Such competitions allow martial artists of different backgrounds to compete.
Modern mixed martial arts competition emerged in American popular culture in 1993 with the founding of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Originally organized with the intention of finding the most effective martial arts for real unarmed combat situations, competitors of various arts were pitted against one another with minimal rules for safety. In the following decade, mixed martial arts promoters adopted many additional rules aimed at increasing safety for competitors and to promote mainstream acceptance of the sport. The name mixed martial arts was coined by one of the developers of these rules, Jeff Blatnick, a former Greco-Roman wrestler and Olympic gold medalist. Following these changes, the sport has seen increased popularity with pay per view reach rivaling boxing and professional wrestling.
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a U.S.-based mixed martial arts (MMA) organization. Estimated in 2008 to be worth $1 billion while controlling 90% of the mixed martial arts industry, it is the largest mixed martial arts promotion in the world.
Zuffa, LLC, headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, owns and operates the UFC. The UFC focuses on the heavier weight classes in MMA, whereas its sister promotion, the WEC, focuses on the lighter weights.
The UFC began as a single-event tournament to find the world's best fighters irrespective of their style. Although there were a limited number of rules, promoters marketed fighting in the UFC as no holds barred, and contests were often violent and brutal. Early UFC fights were less sport than spectacle, which led to accusations of brutality and "human cock fighting" by Senator John McCain and others. Political pressures eventually led the UFC into the underground, as pay-per-view providers nixed UFC programming, nearly extinguishing the UFC's public visibility.
As political pressure mounted, the UFC reformed itself, slowly embracing stricter rules, becoming sanctioned by state athletic commissions, and marketing itself as a legitimate sporting event. Dropping the no holds barred label and carrying the banner of mixed martial arts, the UFC has emerged from its political isolation to become more socially acceptable, regaining its position in pay-per-view television.
With a cable television deal and expansion into Canada, Europe and new markets within the United States, the UFC as of 2009[update] has experienced a remarkable surge in popularity, along with greater mainstream media coverage. UFC programming can now be seen on Spike in the United States and Canada, as well as in 34 other countries worldwide.
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UFC Rules
The current rules for the Ultimate Fighting Championship were originally established by the New Jersey Athletic Control Board. The "Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts" that New Jersey established has been adopted in other states that regulate mixed martial arts, including Nevada, Louisiana, and California. These rules are also used by many other promotions within the United States, becoming mandatory for those states that have adopted the rules, and so have become the standard de facto set of rules for professional mixed martial arts across the country.
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Rounds
Every round in UFC competition is five minutes in duration. Title matches have five such rounds, and non-title matches have three. There is a one-minute rest period between rounds.
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Weight divisions
The UFC currently uses five weight classes:
- Lightweight: 145 to 155 lb (66 to 70 kg)
- Welterweight: 156 to 170 lb (71 to 77 kg)
- Middleweight: 171 to 185 lb (78 to 84 kg)
- Light Heavyweight: 186 to 205 lb (84 to 93 kg)
- Heavyweight: 206 to 265 lb (93 to 120 kg)
In addition, there are four other weight classes specified in the Unified Rules which the UFC does not currently utilize: Flyweight (under 125 pounds (57 kg), Bantamweight 126 to 135 pounds (57 to 61 kg), Featherweight 136 to 145 pounds (62 to 66 kg), and Super Heavyweight (above 265 pounds (120 kg). The Flyweight, Bantamweight, and Featherweight classes are used in another promotion owned by Zuffa, LLC, World Extreme Cagefighting.
The UFC stages bouts in an octagonal caged enclosure, "The Octagon." Originally, SEG trademarked The Octagon and prevented other mixed martial arts promotions from using the same type of cage, but in 2001, Zuffa gave its permission for other promotions to use octagonal cages (while reserving use of the name "Octagon"), reasoning that the young sport needed uniformity to continue to win official sanctioning
The cage is an eight-sided structure with walls of metal chain-link fence coated with black vinyl and a diameter of 32 ft (9.8 m), allowing 30 ft (9.1 m) of space from point to point. The fence is 5'6" to 5'8" high. The cage sits atop a platform, raising it 4 ft (1.2 m) from the ground. It has foam padding around the top of the fence and between each of the eight sections. It also has two entry-exit gates opposite each other
The mat, painted with sponsorship logos and art, is replaced for each event.
The cage is an eight-sided structure with walls of metal chain-link fence coated with black vinyl and a diameter of 32 ft (9.8 m), allowing 30 ft (9.1 m) of space from point to point. The fence is 5'6" to 5'8" high. The cage sits atop a platform, raising it 4 ft (1.2 m) from the ground. It has foam padding around the top of the fence and between each of the eight sections. It also has two entry-exit gates opposite each other.
The mat, painted with sponsorship logos and art, is replaced for each event.
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Attire
All competitors must fight in approved shorts, without shoes. Shirts, gis or long pants (including gi pants) are not allowed. Fighters must use approved light-weight open-fingered gloves, that include at least 1" of padding around the knuckles, (110 to 170 g / 4 to 6 ounces) that allow fingers to grab. These gloves enable fighters to punch with less risk of an injured or broken hand, while retaining the ability to grab and grapple.
Originally the attire for UFC was very open if controlled at all. Many fighters still chose to wear tight-fitting shorts or boxing-type trunks, while others wore long pants or singlets. Multi-time tournament champion Royce Gracie wore a jiujitsu gi in all his early appearances in UFC.
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Match outcome
Matches usually end via:
- Submission: a fighter clearly taps on the mat or his opponent or verbally submits.
- Knockout: a fighter falls from a legal blow and is either unconscious or unable to immediately continue.
- Technical Knockout (TKO): If a fighter cannot continue, the fight is ended as a technical knockout. Technical knockouts can be classified into three categories:
- referee stoppage: (the referee determines a fighter cannot "intelligently defend" himself; if warnings to the fighter to improve his position or defense go unanswered—generally, two warnings are given, about 5 seconds apart)
- doctor stoppage (a ringside doctor due to injury or impending injury, as when blood flows into the eyes and blinds a fighter)
- corner stoppage (a fighter's own cornerman signals defeat for their own fighter)
- Judges' Decision: Depending on scoring, a match may end as:
- unanimous decision (all three judges score a win for fighter A)
- majority decision (two judges score a win for fighter A, one judge scores a draw)
- split decision (two judges score a win for fighter A, one judge scores a win for fighter B)
- unanimous draw (all three judges score a draw)
- majority draw (two judges score a draw, one judge scoring a win)
- split draw (one judge scores a win for fighter A, one judge scores a win for fighter B, and one judge scores a draw)
Note: In the event of a draw, it is not necessary that the fighters' total points be equal (see, e.g., UFC 41 Penn vs. Uno, or UFC 43 Freeman vs. White). However, in a unanimous or split draw, each fighter does score an equal number of win judgments from the three judges (0 or 1, respectively).
A fight can also end in a technical decision, disqualification, forfeit, technical draw, or no contest. The latter two outcomes have no winners.
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Judging criteria
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, the loser nine points or fewer. If the round is even, both fighters receive ten points. In New Jersey, the fewest points a fighter can receive is 7, and in other states by custom no fighter receives fewer than 8.
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Fouls
The Nevada State Athletic Commission currently lists the following as fouls:
- Butting with the head.
- Eye gouging of any kind.
- Biting.
- Hair pulling.
- Fish hooking.
- Groin attacks of any kind.
- Putting a finger into any orifice or into any cut or laceration on an opponent. (see Gouging)
- Small joint manipulation.
- Striking to the spine or the back of the head. (see Rabbit punch)
- Striking downward using the point of the elbow. (see Elbow (strike))
- Throat strikes of any kind, including, without limitation, grabbing the trachea.
- Clawing, pinching or twisting the flesh.
- Grabbing the clavicle.
- Kicking the head of a grounded opponent.
- Kneeing the head of a grounded opponent.
- Stomping a grounded opponent.
- Kicking to the kidney with the heel.
- Spiking an opponent to the canvas on his head or neck. (see piledriver)
- Throwing an opponent out of the ring or fenced area.
- Holding the shorts or gloves of an opponent.
- Spitting at an opponent.
- Engaging in unsportsmanlike conduct that causes an injury to an opponent.
- Holding the ropes or the fence.
- Using abusive language in the ring or fenced area.
- Attacking an opponent on or during the break.
- Attacking an opponent who is under the care of the referee.
- Attacking an opponent after the bell (horn) has sounded the end of a round.
- Flagrantly disregarding the instructions of the referee.
- Timidity, including, without limitation, avoiding contact with an opponent, intentionally or consistently dropping the mouthpiece or faking an injury.
- Interference by the corner.
- Throwing in the towel during competition.
When a foul is charged, the referee in their discretion may deduct one or more points as a penalty. If a foul incapacitates a fighter, then the match may end in a disqualification if the foul was intentional, or a no contest if unintentional. If a foul causes a fighter to be unable to continue later in the bout, it ends with a technical decision win to the injured fighter if the injured fighter is ahead on points, otherwise it is a technical draw.
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Match conduct
- After a verbal warning the referee can stop the fighters and stand them up if they reach a stalemate on the ground (where neither are in a dominant position or working towards one). This rule is codified in Nevada as the stand-up rule.
- If the referee pauses the match, it is resumed with the fighters in their prior positions.
- Grabbing the cage brings a verbal warning, followed by an attempt by the referee to release the grab by pulling on the grabbing hand. If that attempt fails or if the fighter continues to hold the cage, the referee may charge a foul.
- Early UFC events disregarded verbal sparring / "trash-talking" during matches. Under unified rules, antics are permitted before events to add to excitement and allow fighters to express themselves, but abusive language during combat is prohibited.
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Current UFC Champions
| Division |
Upper weight limit |
Champion |
Since |
Title Defenses |
| Heavyweight |
265 lb (120 kg; 18.9 st) |
 Brock Lesnar |
November 15, 2008 (UFC 91) |
1 |
| Light Heavyweight |
205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st) |
 Lyoto Machida |
May 23, 2009 (UFC 98) |
0 |
| Middleweight |
185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st) |
Anderson Silva |
October 14, 2006 (UFC 64) |
5 |
| Welterweight |
170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) |
 Georges St-Pierre |
April 19, 2008 (UFC 83) |
3 |
| Lightweight |
155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st) |
BJ Penn |
January 19, 2008 (UFC 80) |
3 |
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Notable UFC Fighters
UFC Hall of Fame inductees
(in the order inducted)
- Royce Gracie (Inducted UFC 45)
- Ken Shamrock (Inducted UFC 45)
- Dan Severn (Inducted UFC 52)
- Randy Couture (Inducted The Ultimate Fighter Season 3 Finale)
- Mark Coleman (Inducted UFC 82)
- Two more will be announced at the UFC 100 Fan Expo
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Accomplished UFC fighters
The following fighters have won a UFC tournament, championship title, or an Ultimate Fighter tournament. Some have won championships in different weight classes.
Heavyweights 206 to 265 pounds (93 to 120 kg)
- Mark Coleman (UFC 10, UFC 11 Open Weight Tournament Champion & first UFC Heavyweight Champion)
- Frank Mir (Former UFC Heavyweight Champion and current Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion)
- Brock Lesnar (Current UFC Heavyweight Champion)
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Former Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion)
- Randy Couture (UFC 13 Heavyweight Tournament Champion, former 3 time UFC Heavyweight Champion & former 2-time UFC Light Heavyweight Champion)
- Tim Sylvia (Former 2 time UFC Heavyweight Champion)
Andrei Arlovski (Former UFC Heavyweight Champion)- Josh Barnett (Former UFC Heavyweight Champion)
- Kevin Randleman (Former UFC Heavyweight Champion)
- Ricco Rodriguez (Former UFC Heavyweight Champion)
Bas Rutten (Former UFC Heavyweight Champion)- Maurice Smith (Former UFC Heavyweight Champion)
- Pedro Rizzo (UFC Ultimate Brazil Heavyweight Superfight Champion)
- Dan Severn (UFC 5, Ultimate Ultimate 1995 Open Weight Tournament Champion & 2nd UFC Open Weight Superfight Champion)
Oleg Taktarov (UFC 6 Open Weight Tournament Champion)- Marco Ruas (UFC 7 Open Weight Tournament Champion)
- Don Frye (UFC 8 & Ultimate Ultimate #2 1996 Open Weight Tournament Champion)
- Mark Kerr (UFC 14 and 15 Heavyweight Tournament Champion)
- Steve Jennum (UFC 3 Open Weight Tournament Champion)
Light Heavyweights 186 to 205 pounds (84 to 93 kg)
- Frank Shamrock (First UFC Light Heavyweight Champion)
- Lyoto Machida (Current UFC Unified Light Heavyweight Champion)
- Rashad Evans (The Ultimate Fighter 2 Heavyweight winner & Former UFC Unified Light Heavyweight Champion)
- Forrest Griffin (The Ultimate Fighter 1 light heavyweight winner & Former UFC Unified Light Heavyweight Champion)
- Chuck Liddell (Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion)
- Tito Ortiz (Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion)
- Vitor Belfort (UFC 12 4-Man Tournament Champion & former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion)
- Ken Shamrock (Former 2 time & first UFC Open Weight Superfight Champion)
- Quinton Jackson (First UFC Unified Light Heavyweight Champion)
- Kevin Jackson (UFC 14 Middleweight Tournament Champion)
- Guy Mezger (UFC 13 Lightweight 4-Man Tournament Champion)
- Jerry Bohlander (UFC 12 Lightweight 4-Man Tournament Champion)
- Ryan Bader (The Ultimate Fighter 8 Light Heavyweight Winner)
Middleweights 171 to 185 pounds (78 to 84 kg)
- Dave Menne (First UFC Middleweight Champion)
- Anderson Silva (First & Current UFC Unified Middleweight Champion)
- Rich Franklin (Former UFC Middleweight Champion)
- Murilo Bustamante (Former UFC Middleweight Champion)
- Evan Tanner (Former UFC Middleweight Champion)
- Royce Gracie (UFC 1, 2 & 4 Open Weight Tournament Champion)
- Dan Henderson (UFC 17 Tournament Champion)
Kazushi Sakuraba (UFC Ultimate Japan 1 Heavyweight Tournament Champion)
Michael Bisping (The Ultimate Fighter 3 Light Heavyweight Winner)- Kendall Grove (The Ultimate Fighter 3 Middleweight Winner)
- Travis Lutter (The Ultimate Fighter 4 Middleweight Winner)
Welterweights 156 to 170 pounds (71 to 77 kg)
- Pat Miletich (First UFC Welterweight Champion & UFC Ultimate Brazil's Lightweight Tournament Champion)
- Georges St. Pierre (Current 2-Time UFC Welterweight Champion)
- Matt Hughes (Former 2 time UFC Welterweight Champion)
- Matt Serra (The Ultimate Fighter 4 Welterweight Winner & Former UFC Welterweight Champion)
- Carlos Newton (Former UFC Welterweight Champion)
- Kenichi Yamamoto (UFC 23 'Ultimate Japan 2' Tournament Winner)
- Amir Sadollah (The Ultimate Fighter 7 Middleweight Winner)
- James Wilks (The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom Welterweight Winner)
Lightweights 146 to 155 pounds (66 to 70 kg)
- Jens Pulver (First UFC Lightweight Champion)
- B.J. Penn (Current UFC Lightweight Champion & former UFC Welterweight Champion)
- Sean Sherk (Former UFC Lightweight Champion)
- Diego Sánchez (The Ultimate Fighter 1 Middleweight winner)
- Joe Stevenson (The Ultimate Fighter 2 Welterweight Winner)
- Nate Diaz (The Ultimate Fighter 5 Lightweight Winner)
- Mac Danzig (The Ultimate Fighter 6 Welterweight winner)
Efrain Escudero (The Ultimate Fighter 8 Lightweight Winner)- Ross Pearson (The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom Lightweight Winner)
- bold Fighter is a UFC Hall of fame inductee
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World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion. It is the sister promotion to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), both owned and produced by Zuffa, with a focus on the lighter weight classes (155, 145, 135, & 125 lbs). The WEC uses the same rules as its older and much larger sibling, and holds its matches in a smaller octagonal cage.
The organization was started in 2001 by Scott Adams and Reed Harris. Between 2001 and 2006, most of their events were held in Lemoore, California and aired on HDNet.
In December 2006, Zuffa purchased the WEC. With the purchase, the WEC continues as a separate promotion with its own roster of fighters. Adams has been retained after the purchase as the organization's matchmaker. Harris and Adams were named co-General Managers and are both active in the new WEC.
Zuffa made several changes to the promotion after the purchase. It discontinued its pentagonal cage for a modified version of the UFC's octagonal cage. The championships of fighters who were contracted UFC fighters were vacated. The promotion moved to focus on lighter weight classes, abandoning their heavyweight and super heavyweight divisions and championships, and retaining their bantamweight and featherweight divisions—two divisions not currently present in the UFC. Since the purchase, several of the WEC events have been held in Zuffa's hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada, much like the UFC.
The WEC currently airs their events live on Versus, formerly known as the Outdoor Life Network and on The Sports Network in Canada. WEC's first live event was broadcast on June 3, 2007 on Versus from The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
The WEC announced that it will dissolve their light heavyweight and middleweight divisions after their December 3, 2008 event to further their concentration on lighter classes. Fighters from the light heavyweight and middleweight divisions will start fighting in the UFC after the dissolution of their divisions. Also, on February 3, 2009, the WEC officially announced the creation of a 125 lb. Flyweight Division and the dissolution of its welterweight division (Flyweight is the last division under the "Unified Rules of MMA" remaining, excluding Super Heavyweight, to be activated under ZUFFA). Fighters from the welterweight division will start fighting in the UFC after the dissolution of their division. The only weight class remaining to cross-over between the WEC & the UFC is the 155 lb Lightweight division.
UFC President Dana White recently announced his intentions of bringing the WEC to Pay Per View in 2009.
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Current WEC champions
| Division |
Upper weight limit |
Champion |
Since |
Title Defenses |
| Lightweight |
155 lb (70 kg) |
Jamie Varner |
February 13, 2008 (WEC 32) |
2 |
| Ben Henderson (Interim) |
October 10, 2009 (WEC 43) |
0 |
| Featherweight |
145 lb (66 kg) |
Jose Aldo |
November 18, 2009 (WEC 44) |
0 |
| Bantamweight |
135 lb (61 kg) |
Brian Bowles |
August 9, 2009 (WEC 42) |
0 |
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Strikeforce Rules
Strikeforce, as most U.S.-based promotions, employs the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. Ordinary matches consist of three five-minute rounds, while championship matches are five five-minute rounds. All rounds have a one-minute break between them. They do however deviate slightly from the formula layed out by the Unified rules (the rules state that organisations may opt for additional rules as long as they abide by the overall ruleset) by not allowing elbows on the ground.
Previous to June 2009, all womens' bouts in Strikeforce consisted of three three-minute rounds as opposed to the men's five-minute rounds. However, on June 16, 2009, Strikeforce announced it had received approval from the Washington- and California State Athletic Commisions to use five-minute rounds for all womens' bouts, including five five-minute rounds for its championship bouts.
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Rounds
Every men's and women's round competition is five minutes in duration. Title matches have five such rounds, and non-title matches have three. All rounds have a one-minute break between them. Strikeforce does however deviate slightly from the formula layed out by the Unified rules (the rules state that organisations may opt for additional rules as long as they abide by the overall ruleset) by not allowing elbows on the ground.
Weight divisions
- Featherweight: 135.0 to 145.0 pounds (61.2 to 65.8 kg)
- Lightweight: 145.0 to 155.0 pounds (65.8 to 70.3 kg)
- Welterweight:155.0 to 170.0 pounds (70.3 to 77.1 kg)
- Middleweight: 170.0 to 185.0 pounds (77.1 to 83.9 kg)
- Light heavyweight: 185.0 to 205.0 pounds (83.9 to 93.0 kg)
- Heavyweight: 205.0 to 265.0 pounds (93.0 to 120.2 kg)
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Match outcome
Matches usually end via:
- Submission: a fighter clearly taps on the mat or his opponent or verbally submits.
- Knockout: a fighter falls from a legal blow and is either unconscious or unable to immediately continue.
- Technical Knockout (TKO): If a fighter cannot continue, the fight is ended as a technical knockout. Technical knockouts can be classified into three categories:
- referee stoppage: (the referee determines a fighter cannot "intelligently defend" himself; if warnings to the fighter to improve his position or defense go unanswered—generally, two warnings are given, about 5 seconds apart)
- doctor stoppage (a ringside doctor due to injury or impending injury, as when blood flows into the eyes and blinds a fighter)
- corner stoppage (a fighter's own cornerman signals defeat for their own fighter)
- Judges' Decision: Depending on scoring, a match may end as:
- unanimous decision (all three judges score a win for fighter A)
- majority decision (two judges score a win for fighter A, one judge scores a draw)
- split decision (two judges score a win for fighter A, one judge scores a win for fighter B)
- unanimous draw (all three judges score a draw)
- majority draw (two judges score a draw, one judge scoring a win)
- split draw (one judge scores a win for fighter A, one judge scores a win for fighter B, and one judge scores a draw)
- disqualification (outcome can be overturned due to testing positive for banned substances)
Note: In the event of a draw, it is not necessary that the fighters' total points be equal. However, in a unanimous or split draw, each fighter does score an equal number of win judgments from the three judges (0 or 1, respectively).
A fight can also end in a technical decision, disqualification, forfeit, technical draw, or no contest. The latter two outcomes have no winners.
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Judging criteria
The ten-point must system is in effect for all fights; three judges score each round and the winner of each receives ten points, the loser nine points or fewer. If the round is even, both fighters receive ten points. In New Jersey, the fewest points a fighter can receive is 7, and in other states by custom no fighter receives fewer than 8.
Fouls
The Nevada State Athletic Commission currently lists the following as fouls:
- Butting with the head.
- Eye gouging of any kind.
- Biting.
- Hair pulling.
- Fish hooking.
- Groin attacks of any kind.
- Putting a finger into any orifice or into any cut or laceration on an opponent.
- Small joint manipulation.
- Striking to the spine or the back of the head.
- Striking downward using the point of the elbow.
- Throat strikes of any kind, including, without limitation, grabbing the trachea.
- Clawing, pinching or twisting the flesh.
- Grabbing the clavicle.
- Kicking the head of a grounded opponent.
- Kneeing the head of a grounded opponent.
- Stomping a grounded opponent.
- Kicking to the kidney with the heel.
- Spiking an opponent to the canvas on his head or neck.
- Throwing an opponent out of the ring or fenced area.
- Holding the shorts or gloves of an opponent.
- Spitting at an opponent.
- Engaging in unsportsmanlike conduct that causes an injury to an opponent.
- Holding the ropes or the fence.
- Using abusive language in the ring or fenced area.
- Attacking an opponent on or during the break.
- Attacking an opponent who is under the care of the referee.
- Attacking an opponent after the bell (horn) has sounded the end of a round.
- Flagrantly disregarding the instructions of the referee.
- Timidity, including, without limitation, avoiding contact with an opponent, intentionally or consistently dropping the mouthpiece or faking an injury.
- Interference by the corner.
- Throwing in the towel during competition.
When a foul is charged, the referee in their discretion may deduct one or more points as a penalty. If a foul incapacitates a fighter, then the match may end in a disqualification if the foul was intentional, or a no contest if unintentional. If a foul causes a fighter to be unable to continue later in the bout, it ends with a technical decision win to the injured fighter if the injured fighter is ahead on points, otherwise it is a technical draw.
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Match conduct
- After a verbal warning the referee can stop the fighters and stand them up if they reach a stalemate on the ground (where neither are in a dominant position or working towards one). This rule is codified in Nevada as the stand-up rule.
- If the referee pauses the match, it is resumed with the fighters in their prior positions.
- Grabbing the cage brings a verbal warning, followed by an attempt by the referee to release the grab by pulling on the grabbing hand. If that attempt fails or if the fighter continues to hold the cage, the referee may charge a foul.
- Under unified rules, antics are permitted before events to add to excitement and allow fighters to express themselves, but abusive language during combat is prohibited.
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