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Mixed Martial Arts is a full-contact combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques and skills from a mixture of martial arts disciplines to be used in competition. It combines elements of striking, grappling, and wrestling, with fighters utilizing techniques such as punches, kicks, knees, elbows, takedowns, submissions, and ground-and-pound. Matches take place in an octagonal cage or ring, with fighters competing to either win by knockout, submission, or judges' decision. Mixed Martial Arts requires fighters to be well-rounded in multiple disciplines and to constantly evolve and adapt their skills to be successful in the sport.