What is Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)?
Simply put, MMA is a one-on-one combat sport whereas participants use a combination of martial art disciplines to strategically cause their opponent to quit, become unconscious or to force the referee supervising the bout to stop the fight. Athletes compete in a caged platform or ring platform and are not allowed to use small joint manipulations, eye-gouging, fish-hooking, groin strikes, strikes to the spine and back of the head including a number of other minor rules that you can read about here.
The sport is legal in all the states in the U.S. except for Connecticut, New York, and Vermont and as of March 2011, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is regulated by 45 states in the U.S. MMA is most commonly mistaken as UFC, or The Ultimate Fighting Championships, which is currently the largest Mixed Martial Arts event promotion. The UFC is most widely recognized as the leader of MMA because they have been the leading MMA sports organization since 1993.
Rory Mcintyre August 5, 2011
more fighters these days need pr reps than ever before to help control how the media perceives them and to get them to communicate with their fans.