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is a full contact combat sport in which a wide variety of fighting techniques are used,

 including striking and grappling.

}Modern mixed martial arts tournaments as a popular phenomenon emerged in 1993

with the Ultimate fighting championships based on the concept of pitting

different fighting styles against each other in competition with minimal rules in place,

in an attempt to determine which system would be more effective in a real,

unregulated combat situation. In the late

1990s and early 2000s, mixed martial arts events implemented additional rules for the

safety of the athletes and to promote acceptance of the sport while maintaining as

much of the original no-holds-barred concept as possible. Since these changes,

 the sport has grown rapidly.

Today, mixed martial artists train in a variety of styles that have been proven effective in the ring,

so that they can be effective in all the phases of combat.

Although fighters will try to play to their particular specialties,

they will inevitably encounter all kinds of situations;

a stand-up fighting specialist will probably get taken down at some point.

 and a submission artist might need to fight standing-up for a while before

he can execute a takedown. A mixed martial artist might train in a particular

style to enhance his or her skills in the phase of combat that that style targets.

Typical styles, known for their effectiveness, that have been trained prior to the

mixed martial arts career,

 and that are trained individually to enhance a particular phase of combat, are:

Kickboxing / Thai-Boxing for the low kicks, elbows and knees.

Submissions are an essential part of many disciplines, most notably wrestling;

Judo, Army Combatives, and Brazilian Ju-Jitsu, Fighters with a strong background

 in these sports often use submission grappling as a tactic to win their fight.

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