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Mixed Martial Arts

Mixed martial arts combines techniques from various fighting styles including boxing, wrestling, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu...

Hybrid Cage Striking Submission

9.8 Brilliant

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Combat Sambo

Combat Sambo is a Russian martial art originating in the 1920s. It combines elements of Judo throws with striking techni...

Russian Hybrid Submission Grappling

9.2 Excellent

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Military Sambo

Military Sambo originated as a specialized training method within the Soviet military, blending elements of sambo with p...

Military Russian Hybrid Submission

9.1 Excellent

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Shoot Wrestling

Shoot wrestling is a Japanese hybrid combat sport developed in the 1970s by Karl Gotch, forming the technical foundation...

Professional Japanese Hybrid Submission

8.1 Great

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Puroresu

Puroresu represents a unique form of Japanese combat sport. It blends elements of professional wrestling with martial ar...

Performance Professional Japanese Striking

8.1 Great

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Pankration

Pankration is an ancient Greek combat sport introduced to the Olympic Games in 648 BC, blending primitive boxing and wre...

Hybrid Modern Sport Ancient Greek

7.8 Good

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Kajukenbo

Kajukenbo is an American hybrid martial art founded in 1947 in Hawaii, notable for combining karate, judo, kenpo, and bo...

American Hybrid Hawaiian Striking

7.8 Good

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Amateur MMA

Amateur MMA is non-professional mixed martial arts, notable for IMMAF's 2012 founding and world championships using safe...

Hybrid Cage Striking Grappling

7.7 Good

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Shootfighting

Developed and trademarked by Bart Vale in the 1990s, Shootfighting is a hybrid combat sport that integrates professional...

Professional Japanese Hybrid Striking

7.5 Good

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UWW Grappling No-Gi

UWW Grappling No-Gi is UWW's rashguard-and-shorts submission format, notable for removing jacket grips from its catch, j...

Modern Grappling Nogi Submissions

7.5 Good

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UWW Grappling

UWW Grappling is United World Wrestling's submission style, reintroduced in 2014 after FILA became UWW and formed a Worl...

Modern Grappling Nogi Submissions

7.4 Good

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Lion Fight

Lion Fight is a premier MMA promotion known for its emphasis on full-contact striking and dynamic cage fighting. Their r...

Professional Striking MMA Athletic

7.2 Good

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UWW Grappling Gi

UWW Grappling Gi is the uniformed branch of UWW submission grappling, notable for allowing jacket grips while retaining...

Modern Grappling Gi Submissions

7.2 Good

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Belt Wrestling

Belt Wrestling is a broad family of grappling styles in which opponents grip a belt, towel, or girdle; Alysh was interna...

Traditional Belt Grappling Throws

7.1 Good

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Ju-Jitsu Fighting

Ju-Jitsu Fighting is a JJIF sport format with three phases: striking, throws, and groundwork, and it has appeared at the...

Hybrid Striking Grappling Tatami

6.9 Fair

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Krav Maga Sport

Krav Maga Sport is the competitive, rule-bound adaptation of the Israeli military self-defense system, designed to allow...

Israeli Hybrid Competition Self Defense

6.8 Fair

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World Combat Jiu-Jitsu

World Combat Jiu-Jitsu is Eddie Bravo's no-gi grappling event series, notable for allowing open-hand strikes on the grou...

Modern Hybrid Striking Grappling

6.8 Fair

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Calcio Storico Fiorentino

Calcio Storico Fiorentino is an early form of soccer originating in 16th-century Florence, notable for permitting brutal...

Italian Hybrid Historical Striking

6.5 Fair

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Hapkido Sparring

Hapkido sparring is competitive practice from Korean hapkido, notable for adapting an art associated with Choi Yong-sool...

Korean Hybrid Striking Grappling

6.1 Fair

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Yoseikan Budo

Yoseikan Budo is a comprehensive Japanese martial art developed by Minoru Mochizuki in 1931, noted for integrating techn...

Traditional Japanese Hybrid Striking

6.0 Fair