combat sports
Boxing and wrestling
Combat sports are competitive athletic activities involving physical confrontation between opponents—boxing, wrestling, mixed martial arts, judo, and the like.
The term distinguishes fighting-based athletics from team sports or individual pursuits like track and field.
Rules, weight classes, and protective equipment vary by discipline, but all involve direct physical engagement with an adversary.
- grapplingClose-quarters combat technique
- boxingCombat sport using fists
- wrestlingCombat sport requiring holds
- sparringPractice combat training
- UFCCombat sports promotion
cage match · fight night · takedown · ground and pound · striking · mixed martial arts · submission · sambo · knockout · kendo · capoeira · Muay Thai · pugilism · Brazilian jiu-jitsu · prizefighting · judo · karate · taekwondo
- sportsbasketball, tennis, athletics, golf, baseball
- sports types
- athletic eventsrowing, sailing, boxing, swimming, wrestling
- violent mediaslasher films, slasher movies, gore, snuff films, horror films
- competitionscontests, tournaments, match, matches, game
- martial artskarate, taekwondo, judo, kung fu, aikido
combat sportsteam sports
Competitions played collectively
football · soccer · basketball · volleyball · baseball
combat sportscooperative games
Games with shared victory
ballroom dancing · recreational swimming · hiking · jogging · golf
combat sportsyoga
Mind-body exercise discipline
tai chi · stretching · massage therapy · physical therapy · qigong
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