The UFC is short for Ultimate Fighting Championships they are the biggest and most famous mixed martial arts promotion in the world.They put on regular events and their fighters are the best in the world.If you were wondering what Mixed Martial Arts[MMA] is its basically what the name suggests,its a mixture of different fighting styles for ex sample Boxing,kickboxing,karate,wrestling,judo,Brazilian jujitsu and many more.Competitors can kick punch, elbow and grapple their opponent but their are rules such as no eye gouging of any kind no biting no head butting just to name a few their a total of 31 rules that can be viewed at http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=LearnUFC.Rules Fighters can win by decision knockout or submission. The sport is sanctioned and legal and despite its appearance has proven to be safe due to its rules regulations and refereeing, no fighter in the ufc has ever had a serious injury.But it is a combat sport and of course their has been minor injury's however they are noting we haven't seen in other sports such as boxing and football.
