mixed martial arts
noun
: a contact sport that allows a wide range of fighting techniques including striking, kicking, and grappling
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Riddle's transition to professional wrestling was preceded by a short but impactful stint in mixed martial arts.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
He has also been regularly seen attending Ultimate Fighting Championship events, a mixed martial arts league that is rooted in grappling sports such as wrestling.
—Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Mar. 2025
Her luminously claustrophobic debut novel, The Longshot (2009), set in the few days leading up to a mixed martial arts fight in Tijuana, Mexico, was an experiment in the opposite direction: utterly absorbing, transporting, and at the same time eerily ersatz.
—Lidija Haas, Harper's Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has just announced a significant addition to its leadership team that the mixed martial arts organization believes will be instrumental in the continued growth within its international markets in the Middle East, Africa and Australia.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
He has also been regularly seen attending Ultimate Fighting Championship events, a mixed martial arts league that is rooted in grappling sports such as wrestling.
—Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Mar. 2025
Her luminously claustrophobic debut novel, The Longshot (2009), set in the few days leading up to a mixed martial arts fight in Tijuana, Mexico, was an experiment in the opposite direction: utterly absorbing, transporting, and at the same time eerily ersatz.
—Lidija Haas, Harper's Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has just announced a significant addition to its leadership team that the mixed martial arts organization believes will be instrumental in the continued growth within its international markets in the Middle East, Africa and Australia.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Mixed martial arts.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mixed%20martial%20arts. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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