mixed martial arts
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A style of combat sport allowing a wide range of combat techniques such as striking and grappling.
Example Sentences
- "Though mixed martial arts has successfully peeled away fans from boxing (a sport that’s lost any compelling champions and much of its dignity) and WWE (a “sport” that’s always existed in quotation marks) it’s had trouble shaking its reputation as “human cockfighting.”"
- "Other top talent in the Central Vision library includes Black Belt Hall of Fame members Ernie Reyes Sr., Frank Shamrock, Bill “Superfoot” Wallace, mixed-martial arts champion Pat Miletich, breaking champion Larry Fields and Olympic judo medalist Mike Swain."
- "Jiu jitsu competitions are vastly different from mixed martial arts, as they are grappling-only, and if an athlete does well in jiu jitsu, it doesn't guarantee that he'll also do well in mixed martial arts (and vice versa)."
- "Mixed martial arts is essentially about making the opponent tire out before you do so you are at an advantage in dealing devastating moves."
Etymology
From mixed + martial arts.