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Different skills required for mixed martial arts include:

Different skills required for mixed martial arts include:

*Stand up -- Similar to traditional boxing, but can also include kicking or knees

*Stand up—Similar to traditional boxing, but can also include kicking or knees

*Ground game -- Wrestling, or any skill to be able to get an opponent on the ground and hope to end the fight there

*Ground game—Wrestling, or any skill to be able to get an opponent on the ground and hope to end the fight there

*Submissions -- Catching an opponent in a body lock that forces him to give up, such as an armbar

*Submissions—Catching an opponent in a body lock that forces him to give up, such as an armbar

A fight can end either through referee stoppage if one fighter is no longer able to intelligently defend himself or through "tapping out" where a fighter taps thereby signaling his defeat.

A fight can end either through referee stoppage if one fighter is no longer able to intelligently defend himself or through "tapping out" where a fighter taps thereby signaling his defeat.

*[[Affliction Entertainment]]

*[[Affliction Entertainment]]

==External Links==

==External links==

* [http://www.sherdog.com Sherdog.com]

* [http://www.sherdog.com Sherdog.com]

* [http://www.ufc.com UFC Official Site]

* [http://www.ufc.com UFC Official Site]

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