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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Mixed martial arts"”.
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The Workload Demands of Mixed Martial Arts
… in measuring the external workload of isolated mixed martial arts movements and then uses this technology alongside video based time motion analysis and capillary blood sampling to determine the workload demands of MMA sparring bouts on the participants.
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Can Mixed Martial Arts be Ethically Defended?: Autonomy, Paternalism and the Harm Principle
Abstract Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) founded in 1993 have been under scrutiny for the past two decades. Unlike boxing, the ethical status of MMA and whether it is morally defensible have rarely been analyzed in the academic literature. I argue that MMA …
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Nutritional status and weight making practices of professional male South African mixed martial arts fighters
… Weight category combat sport athletes, including mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters, often 'make weight' or 'cut weight' to fight in lower weight divisions. Common weight-making practices include restriction of food and/or fluid intake and intentional fluid loss/sweating (e.g. sauna). However, a …
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Hit Me Again: A Qualitative Examination of The Lived Experience Of Anger in Mixed Martial Arts
… may in fact be a facilitative factor in helping Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters experience optimal performance. Moreover, Woodman et al. (2009) found when angry, extraverts' peak force increased more than introverts. In concordance with these findings, Murphy (2005) mentions a significant need …
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Mental Cage: A Qualitative Analysis of the Mental Game in the Sport of Mixed Martial Arts
… purpose of this study was to examine the amateur Mixed Martial Arts athlete and their experience with mental skill usage in both training and competing. This study utilized existential phenomenological methodology and a humanistic framework. Data was collected from a purposeful sample of six …
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The effects of acute dehydration of 5% body mass on performance and physiology of mixed martial arts athletes
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) athletes are weighed 24 h prior to competition. In order to compete in a lower weight class MMA athletes will often rapidly lose weight via dehydration. Despite the prevalence, there is currently no known published data examining the effects of acute dehydration on …
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A Comparison of Brain Trauma Characteristics from Head Impacts for Lightweight and Heavyweight Fighters in Professional Mixed Martial Arts
Athletes competing in the unarmed combat sport of mixed martial arts (MMA) are at an increased risk for long-term neurological consequences due to repetitive head trauma. Mass differentials as well as reported differences in fight styles between Lightweight and Heavyweight fighters in MMA may …
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The way of the unarmed warrior : anthropometry, physical and psychological parameters of Icelandic male mixed martial arts and Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighters
Markmið rannsóknar: (i) Að greina líkamsbyggingu, hreysti og sálfræðilega færni hjá íslenskum bardagamönnum af mismunandi getustigi (ii) Að lýsa líkamshreysti og sálfræðilegri færni hjá íslenska keppendur í blönduðum baragaíþróttum og brasilísku jiu-jitsu glímu. Aðferð: Þrjátíu og þremur keppendum …
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The Barbaric Spectacle of Late Modern Fighting
… beneath the visceral spectacle of mediated Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is an underworld of human fighting that is gripping contemporary popular culture. By offering more illicit and brutal forms of violence, this netherworld has increasingly distorted the boundary between criminality and …
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Collision training prescription in collision by elite coaches: A qualitative study
… including three from rugby union, two from mixed-martial arts (MMA), and one from boxing, using purposeful sampling via social media. Coaches who did not provide informed consent were excluded. Results In theme one, we found that elite coaches had prior experience as elite athletes, …