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The rules adopted by the NJSACB have become the de facto standard set of rules for professional MMA across North America. All state, provincial, & municipal athletic commissions that regulate MMA have assimilated these rules into their existing unarmed combat competition rules and statutes. For a promotion to hold MMA events in a sanctioned ...
The UFC Performance Institute is the official mixed martial arts school for UFC. [222] The building is located in Las Vegas, Nevada opposite the UFC Apex. [223] [224] The institute was opened in 2017, and is the world's first mixed martial arts center for innovation, research and training.
UFC official, Jeff Blatnick, was responsible for the Ultimate Fighting Championship officially adopting the name mixed martial arts. It was previously marketed as "Ultimate Fighting" and "No Holds Barred (NHB)", until Blatnick and John McCarthy proposed the name "MMA" at the UFC 17 rules meeting in response to increased public criticism. [ 65 ]
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Dan Miragliotta (born August 30, 1963) is a professional mixed martial arts referee, [1] [2] judge and former actor from the United States best known for officiating numerous bouts promoted by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), dating back to UFC 78. [3]
UFC has added a women's strawweight division that is set at 115 lbs. [4] Carla Esparza became the inaugural UFC Women's Strawweight Champion at The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale on December 12, 2014. The Association of Boxing Commissions officially added the 115 lb strawweight division on July 29, 2015. [5] [6]
Exclusive: Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend talks to The Independent about UFC 1 and the evolution of mixed martial arts. ... “The only rules were no eye gouging and no biting. So it was very simple.”
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