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The 13 pages that link to Combat sport, each with the reason it gives.

• Self-defenseCompared with: Sport assumes rules and consent that are absent in an actual attack.

• Martial artsNarrower topic: Many martial arts become combat sports when practiced in regulated competition.

• GrapplingNarrower topic: Grappling is a broad skill set practiced across many distinct combat sports.

• Bare-knuckle boxingNarrower topic: Bare-knuckle boxing is one historically changing form within this broader family.

• FencingNarrower topic: Fencing belongs to this broader family of rule-bound fighting sports.

• Sports entertainmentCompared with: Unlike sports entertainment, combat sports present outcomes as competitively determined.

• Extreme sportCompared with: It can involve substantial danger, but its defining feature is direct contest rather than environmental exposure or speed.

• Team sportCompared with: Many combat sports pit individuals directly against each other rather than coordinated teams.

• Jeet Kune DoNarrower topic: Jeet Kune Do borrows from combat disciplines but is not defined by a single competition ruleset.

• Hand-to-hand combatCompared with: Sporting matches constrain techniques and outcomes in ways real confrontations do not.

• LethweiNarrower topic: Lethwei belongs to this broad family of rule-governed fighting disciplines.

• History of martial artsNarrower topic: Sportification is a major route by which martial systems gained new audiences and institutions.

• SavateNarrower topic: Savate is one member of this broader family of rule-governed competition.