Mixed Martial Arts Tickets

One of the most popularly growing combat sports around the world, Sports Mixed Martial Arts continues to bring thrilling and action packed matches to the audiences. Mixed Martial Art has now become a highly commercialized sport but it still lacks a unified international governing body. There are various promoters of the sport around the world. One of the largest organizations of MMA, the Ultimate Fighting Championship is based in the US. Every season, the UFC organizes a number of events worldwide that feature top MMA athletes and artists live in action. This year, the fans can once again catch thrilling MMA matches by getting Sports Mixed Martial Arts tickets.

Mixed Marital Arts as a sport has evolved over the years. The origins of the combat sport can be traced back to the Greek era during which a similar styled sport was played, known as the Pankration. During the early twentieth century, various forms of combat sport were being played around the Pacific Rim, Japan and Europe. In the early 1920s, the sport started to evolve in Brazil known as the vale tudo. With the start of Ultimate Fighting Championship in 1993, vale tudo was introduced in the US. A more dangerous style of unarmed combat, vale tudo was regulated with several additional rules to make the fights safer. Since then the sport has become known as the Mixed Martial Arts. Now, the sport rivals highly developed and popular combat sports such as professional wrestling and boxing with a strong and growing pay per view business.

The fighters or contestants of MMA use various fighting techniques during the matches to defeat their competitors either by submission, knockout or judge’s decision. The common disciplines of MMA can be divided into three main categorizes namely Ground, Clinch and Stand-Up. The Ground maneuvers allow the fighters to gain improved ground position and control, and features various styles of fighting such as Sambo, Judo, Submission Wrestling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The Clinch comprises styles such as Greco-Roman wrestling and Freestyle, while the Stand-Up discipline features Karate, Taekwondo, Muay Thai, Savate, Kickboxing and boxing. The UFC has now established several weight divisions including heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight and flyweight. The current ‘Heavyweight Champion’ of UFC is Cain Velasquez who won his ‘Championship Belt’ in December 2012. Other ‘UFC Championship Title’ holders belonging to different weight categories include Jose Aldo, Benson Henderson, Georges St-Pierre and Jon Jones.

Sports Mixed Martial Arts continues to enthrall millions globally. Every year, the combat sport attracts thousands of fans to the arenas. The sport continues to grow around the world under various promoters such as UFC, Bellator (Russia), Pancrase and UCMMA (England). Famous MMA artists such as Scott Jorgensen, Antonio Silva and Anderson Silva will all be entering the rings to combat their fierce rivals this season. So get your Sports Mixed Martial Arts tickets to witness exciting live matches.