Mixed Martial Arts is a combat sport that combines the techniques of various striking or grappling martial arts into one forum for participants to use. It was a style of combat that was created over the years as practitioners of various disciplines were matched up with one another and learned to incorporate both striking and grappling into their array of skillsets. Eventually, this led to MMA being its own style. However, Mixed Martial Arts is not the only discipline to have adopted, modified, or borrowed from already existing predecessors to create something new.

In an enlightening and thorough discussion that follows up our conversation from the last episode, the hosts of The Unified Rules of Podcast continue to discuss the development of martial arts as a whole and the sport of MMA. In this episode, the qualities and components that truly encompass martial arts will be explored. It is a riveting episode that is groundbreaking to how one views martial arts if they are not familiar with its development.

Furthermore, Eric and Edmund detail the degree of skills that MMA fighters have currently. They thoroughly examine the techniques or styles that MMA fighters bring or possess today so that listeners understand how they compete in the present. In this episode, the hosts will define what Mixed Martial Arts truly means and what it means to be a well-rounded MMA fighter.

CORRECTION: The Pedro Rizzo vs Dan Severn fight that’s referenced towards the end of the episode occurred in 2000, not the late 90s.