MMA

Adrian O.

6/3/11

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MMA

In mma there are many different weight classes depending on the organization. There are many different mma organizations in the U.S the most famous one are Strikeforce and the UFC. Japan organization Pride was the UFC biggest completion until the UFC purchaed it.

                There are different rules in MMA depending  on the organization. In Japan they allow knee and

foot stops stomps  to the head on the opponent while they are on ground and does not allow elbows to the face of a grounded opponent. In the UFC the elbows on the ground are legal and footsteps are illegal. In Brazil both foot stomps and elbows are llegal    on the ground.

                Mma has around since the ninety’s but really became famous in 2005 after the first season of the Ultimate Fighter. After that the show continued and more organizations were created. The fighters that were cut from the UFC went to smaller organizations. Most of them went to Japan and fought for Pride. When the UFC purchased Pride most of the fighters went to the UFC.

The UFC purchase the WEC which was an organization for the lighter fighters such as feather and bantam weights. The WEC also had the heaver weight division but the heavier fighters went to the UFC and the lighter fighters stay in the WEC. At the end of 2010 the UFC merged with the WEC so all the fighters were transfer to the UFC.

                In April the UFC purchased Strikeforce. The organization is still under a different CEO and they have their own events. Strikeforce is broadcast on Showtime not on Pay per View and Strikeforce has a cross over with DREAM fighters can fight in both promotion. Since the UFC purchased Srikeforce they can have unification bouts the first unification bout will take place on October twenty ninth. The bout will take place in the Welterweight division the compeitors the UFC champion George  St Pierre  and the Strike force Champion Nick Diaz.