| Boxing has many forms like one among its | | | | and the trachea have all been prohibited to |
| forms is the mixed martial arts. Mixed | | | | ensure the safety of the workers. Since there |
| martial arts is an exciting sport which is | | | | is no worldwide association existing for |
| also known as no holds barred fighting is an | | | | formulating a generalized rules for the mixed |
| exciting sport that uses its techniques from | | | | martial arts, the rules for playing the mixed |
| different martial arts, Greco Roman | | | | martial arts varies from country to country. |
| wrestling, boxing and Brazilian Jiu - Jitsu. | | | | In concern to ensure the safety of the health |
| The history of martial arts dates back to the | | | | of the workers, amateur fights have stricter |
| late 1800s, the person who made the movements | | | | rules which are to be adhered to. There are |
| of mixed martial arts popular was Bruce Lee; | | | | typically three stages in a mixed martial |
| he was the one who made the movements popular | | | | arts fight. The stages are as follows stand |
| by properly developing a unique and | | | | up fighting,clinch fighting and the last |
| innovative fighting style that constituted | | | | stage is that of the ground fighting. Stand |
| all the movements taken from western boxing | | | | upfighting includes the different techniques |
| to karate to fencing. However the sport did | | | | like kicking, punching, kneeing and elbowing |
| not become an official sport and did not gain | | | | the opponent , on the other hand the ground |
| much popularity until the very famous | | | | fighting involves acts which make the |
| Ultimate Fighting Championship took place in | | | | opponents go down on the ground through the |
| the United States of America in the year | | | | usage of various grappling holds.On the other |
| 1992. Another interesting fact is that | | | | hand clinch fighting is aprocess of holding |
| Pankration which is a form of martial arts | | | | the opponent either to prevent him from |
| had its origination in Greece. It has been | | | | getting a dominant position on the ground or |
| practiced in Greece as far as 648 B.C is now | | | | to prevent him from getting the different |
| under the consideration that it is going to | | | | strikes. |
| be an Olympic sport. | | | | |
| | | | Many of the mixed martial arts fight players |
| In mixed martial arts there are very few | | | | use smaller gloves in course of their fights. |
| rules which have been established over the | | | | The choice of open fingered gloves orthe |
| last ten years. Initially martial arts were a | | | | closed finger gloves depends on the type of |
| brutal sport in which there was always a | | | | fight, the country, the weight range of the |
| continuous risk of the health of fighters. | | | | fighters. The different ways to victory in |
| The new rules have made the risk factor of | | | | the mixed martial arts are the knock out, |
| the health of the fighters has declined, many | | | | technicaql knock out and submission. Any |
| rules like the head butts, biting, eye | | | | illegal fight can result in the |
| gauging, attacks in the groin area, kidneys | | | | disqualification of the fighters. |