title matches
Contests for crowns
Title matches are contests where a championship is at stake—the challenger faces the current holder for the right to be called champion.
The term appears across combat sports, wrestling, and other competitive contexts: She's undefeated in title matches.
A title match carries higher stakes than ordinary competition, often with special rules or conditions attached.
- headingDirectional course traveled
- headlineNews article title
- championshipCompetition for top rank
- boutLimited stretch of something
- beltStrap securing trousers
crown · trophy · undisputed champion · winner · contender · fight · versus · showdown · clash · duel · fight night · ring · arena · stakes · defending · challenger · main event · pay per view
- sports tournamentschampionship games, playoff series, elimination rounds, state finals, district finals
- Shogilance, rook, pawn, knight, bishop
- sporting eventsrace, game, games, final, cup
- Gogo, white stones, stones, stone, liberties
title matchesexhibition matches
Contests without ranking consequences
friendlies · scrimmages · friendly matches · sparring sessions · pickup games
title matchespreliminary rounds
Initial elimination stages
qualifying rounds · preliminaries · play-in games · elimination rounds · heats
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