Statistics reveal that in the UFC, 50 percent of the fight’s end via technical knockout (TKO), knockout (KO), or submission. This means that in any given fight, anything can happen. Thus, flexibility is an essential asset for mixed martial artists. In the same way, life is a fight, and flexibility is a key component of maturity. THE BIG IDEA: ​ Flexible people grow into the future. Rigid people are stuck in patterns of the past.