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The 47 pages that link to Mixed martial arts, each with the reason it gives.

• Professional wrestlingCompared with: Its contests share wrestling’s physical vocabulary but depend on unscripted outcomes.

• BoxingCompared with: Its permitted grappling and broader striking differ from boxing’s limited techniques.

• Brazilian jiu-jitsuRelated: The art’s success helped make ground grappling and submission defense essential MMA skills.

• CounterpunchingRelated: Counterpunches must account for takedowns and grappling as well as strikes.

• Amateur boxingCompared with: Its broader set of permitted techniques differs from boxing’s punches-only contest.

• Greco-Roman wrestlingRelated: Greco-Roman clinch skills can transfer to upper-body control in mixed martial arts.

• KickboxingCompared with: MMA allows grappling and ground combat beyond kickboxing’s stand-up focus.

• WrestlingRelated: Wrestling helps MMA athletes control where exchanges take place and keep opponents down.

• Martial artsBroader topic: MMA makes cross-style adaptation explicit within a single rule set.

• Catch wrestlingRelated: Catch wrestling provides takedowns, top control, and submission attacks used in MMA.

• Combat sportBroader topic: Mixed martial arts combines techniques associated with several specialized fighting sports.

• Southpaw stanceNarrower topic: Southpaw positioning affects striking exchanges as well as takedown entries.

• Ultimate Fighting ChampionshipNarrower topic: The UFC stages professional contests within this broader combat sport.

• GrapplingRelated: MMA tests grappling alongside strikes, including transitions between the two.

• SamboRelated: Sambo’s takedowns and submissions are used by some mixed martial arts competitors.

• Heavyweight boxingCompared with: Its heavyweight contests allow grappling and kicks that boxing rules prohibit.

• JujutsuRelated: Jujutsu-derived grappling and submissions are used in mixed martial arts competition.

• SandaCompared with: MMA includes ground fighting, while Sanda competition generally focuses on standing exchanges.

• Sports entertainmentCompared with: Its unscripted competition provides a clear contrast with planned wrestling outcomes.

• Amateur wrestlingCompared with: Wrestling skills transfer to MMA, but amateur wrestling prohibits striking.

• Clinch fightingRelated: MMA blends clinch striking, takedowns, and defensive wrestling under one ruleset.

• Japanese martial artsCompared with: Its rule-based synthesis contrasts with training within a single Japanese tradition.

• WushuCompared with: Its broader grappling and striking rules differ from sanda’s specific format.

• ArenaRelated: A central cage or ring lets spectators watch bouts from surrounding seats.

• UFC Hall of FameNarrower topic: The Hall’s honorees contributed to the sport as well as to the UFC.

• Wing ChunRelated: MMA competition has prompted debate about how well Wing Chun methods transfer to resisting opponents.

• Jeet Kune DoCompared with: Both draw from multiple fighting styles, but MMA is a modern sport with formal competition rules.

• PuroresuCompared with: Inoki’s attempts to test wrestlers against fighters blurred the boundary between staged wrestling and real combat.

• Amanda NunesNarrower topic: Nunes competed under rules that integrate these fighting styles.

• Anderson SilvaNarrower topic: Silva’s career helped make elite mixed martial arts recognizable to a global audience.

• Donnie YenRelated: Yen incorporated MMA techniques into screen fights such as those in Flash Point.

• Georges St-PierreNarrower topic: St-Pierre’s success came from integrating skills across the sport’s disciplines.

• Royce GracieNarrower topic: Royce’s victories influenced how fighters prepared for competition across styles.

• Hand-to-hand combatRelated: MMA offers a regulated setting in which multiple close-range fighting methods meet.

• Hélio GracieNarrower topic: The prominence of Gracie jiu-jitsu in early MMA reflected the value of ground grappling against unfamiliar styles.

• LethweiCompared with: MMA permits takedowns and ground fighting, while Lethwei centers on stand-up striking.

• Shuai JiaoRelated: Shuai Jiao throws can inform takedown skills used in mixed-rule fighting.

• B.J. PennNarrower topic: Penn built his reputation by blending boxing, wrestling, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu in MMA competition.

• Fedor EmelianenkoNarrower topic: Emelianenko’s career helped make elite heavyweight MMA visible beyond Japan and Russia.

• Joe RoganNarrower topic: Rogan’s martial arts practice and enthusiasm preceded his prominent role in UFC broadcasting.

• Randy CoutureNarrower topic: Couture competed professionally in this sport for more than a decade.

• ChynaCompared with: Unlike Chyna’s scripted wrestling matches, it presents unscripted athletic competition.

• Demetrious JohnsonNarrower topic: Johnson’s competitive style draws on multiple fighting systems within this sport.

• Gene LeBellRelated: LeBell’s cross-style grappling helped popularize mixed-rules fighting in the United States.

• History of wrestlingCompared with: Modern MMA borrows wrestling for takedowns and control while permitting striking.

• Kun KhmerCompared with: Unlike Kun Khmer, it permits bouts to continue into wrestling and ground fighting.

• Michael BufferRelated: Buffer has announced major mixed martial arts events as well as boxing matches.