Is violence used to promote Mixed Martial Arts?

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 10-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Christopher Greenwell ◽  
Dustin Thorn ◽  
Jason Simmons
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Martial Arts ◽  
Mixed Martial Arts ◽  
News Releases

This study examines how Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) events are marketed in order to understand the role of violence in promoting events. Researchers examined 134 pieces of promotional artwork and 57 promotional news releases by MMA organisations across North America, Asia and Europe and found that 18 (13.4%) pieces of promotional artwork used violent text or imagery. Violent text was found in 12 (21%) of the 57 news releases. Violence was typically limited to smaller or European organisations. Results illustrate an evolution of the sport, suggesting violence may no longer be necessary to promote events.

Women’s Experiences in the Mixed Martial Arts: A Quest for Excitement?

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Mierzwinski ◽  
Philippa Velija ◽  
Dominic Malcolm
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Martial Arts ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Sexual Intimacy ◽  
Male Body ◽  
Combat Sports ◽  
Mixed Martial Arts ◽  
Sociological Approach

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), like the majority of relatively violent sports, has mainly been organized around the capabilities of the male body. However various indices suggest that women’s engagement with MMA is growing. The purpose of this paper is to offer an analysis of women’s involvement in MMA using a figurational sociological approach. In doing so, we draw on interview data with “elite” female mixed martial artists to explore the extent to which females within MMA experience a specifically gendered “quest for excitement.” The paper further illustrates how the notion of “civilized bodies” can be used to interpret the distinctly gendered experiences of shame in relation to fighting in combat sports, the physical markings incurred as a consequence, and perceptions of sexual intimacy in the close physical contact of bodies. In so doing this paper provides the first figurationally-informed study of female sport involvement to focus explicitly on the role of violence in mediating social relations, while refining aspects of the figurational sociological approach to provide a more adequate framework for the analysis of gender relations.

scholarly journals Defensas contra derribo en el arte ruso del Systema

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Kevin R. Secours
Keyword(s):  
Martial Arts ◽  
Mixed Martial Arts ◽  
Russian Art ◽  
Historical Texts ◽  
Historical Perspectives ◽  
Self Defense ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Survival Scenario ◽  
The Difference

<p>The continuing popularity of mixed martial arts (MMA) events has motivated many martial artists to cross train in grappling disciplines. While largely beneficial for the arts as a whole, many practitioners have nevertheless integrated grappling strategies without considering whether or not their applications are simply sportive or appropriate for self-defense tactics. In this article, I will examine some historical perspectives on the role of grappling on the battlefield from published literature and consider the evidence left to us through historical texts and artwork. Based on over 20 years experience in the grappling arts, I will attempt to show that ground fighting and grappling are necessary components of a complete tactical arsenal, while carefully illustrating the difference in street tactics. I will place specific emphasis on the role of defending the takedown in a modern survival scenario, giving particular attention to the approach employed by the Russian art of Systema.</p>

scholarly journals Performance Bonuses and Effort: Evidence from Fight Night Awards in Mixed Martial Arts

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Gift
Keyword(s):  
Martial Arts ◽  
Compensation Mechanism ◽  
Sample Period ◽  
Mixed Martial Arts ◽  
Personnel Economics ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ultimate Fighting Championship ◽  
Performance Statistics ◽  
Over Time

This paper investigates the role of fight night bonus awards on fighter behavior in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and World Extreme Cage (WEC) fighting mixed martial arts (MMA) promotions. Behavior is analyzed using detailed fighter performance statistics, exploiting variation in bonus size across events and over time. Findings suggest that fighters are not meaningfully influenced by bonus levels within the range observed in the sample period and possible explanations are discussed. Fight night bonuses appear to serve as a lottery compensation mechanism to ex post reward performances consistent with an MMA promotion’s desires rather than ex ante incentivize such performances. Findings have implications for strategic MMA promoter decisions and contribute more broadly to the personnel economics literature on incentives and compensation.

Mixed Martial Arts: Zwischen sportifiziertem Spektakel und spektakularisiertem Sport

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Staack
Keyword(s):  
Martial Arts ◽  
Mixed Martial Arts

Zusammenfassung Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) hat sich global und auch in Deutschland sukzessive zu einem sportkulturellen Mainstream-Phänomen entwickelt. Vorliegender Artikel untersucht die diskursiven und praktischen Logiken, nach denen sich das Feld des MMA organisiert. Der soziologische Blick auf MMA-Wettkämpfe zeigt, dass diese über körperlich relativ ungefährliche Performanzen eine Ästhetik körperlicher Gefährdung und darüber Vorstellungen von kämpferischer Authentizität herstellen. Basierend auf empirischem Material erweitert der Artikel den soziologischen Blick, indem er das MMA-Training untersucht. Auch hier finden, insbesondere in der Trainingspraxis des Sparrings, praktische Konstruktionen von Vorstellungen kämpferischer Authentizität statt. Einerseits erfolgt dies darüber, dass die Praxiskonfiguration des Sparrings die kontrollierte Herstellung eines Erlebnisses kämpferischer Unkontrolliertheit ermöglicht. Andererseits erfolgt es darüber, dass die Praxiskonfiguration die Trainierenden ihr Kampftraining in spezifischer Weise als kämpferisch besonders radikal und endgültig erleben lässt.

From converts to cooperation: Protestant internationalism, US missionaries and Indian Christians and ‘Professional’ social work between Boston and Bombay (c. 1920–1950)

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Michael Phillipp Brunner
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
North America ◽  
Social Gospel ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Historical Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Concerns ◽  
High Phase

Abstract The 1920s and 30s were a high phase of liberal missionary internationalism driven especially by American-led visions of the Social Gospel. As the missionary consensus shifted from proselytization to social concerns, the indigenization of missions and the role of the ‘younger churches’ outside of Europe and North America was brought into focus. This article shows how Protestant internationalism pursued a ‘Christian Sociology’ in dialogue with the field’s academic and professional form. Through the case study of settlement sociology and social work schemes by the American Marathi Mission (AMM) in Bombay, the article highlights the intricacies of applying internationalist visions in the field and asks how they were contested and shaped by local conditions and processes. Challenging a simplistic ‘secularization’ narrative, the article then argues that it was the liberal, anti-imperialist drive of the missionary discourse that eventually facilitated an American ‘professional imperialism’ in the development of secular social work in India. Adding local dynamics to the analysis of an internationalist discourse benefits the understanding of both Protestant internationalism and the genesis of Indian social work and shows the value of an integrated global micro-historical approach.

scholarly journals Incidence of pinna haematoma in mixed martial arts

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. S60
Author(s):  
E. Scott ◽  
A. Patel ◽  
S. Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Martial Arts ◽  
Mixed Martial Arts

Mixed Martial Arts Induces Significant Fatigue and Muscle Damage Up to 24 Hours Post-combat

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 1570-1579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nihel Ghoul ◽  
Montassar Tabben ◽  
Bianca Miarka ◽  
Claire Tourny ◽  
Karim Chamari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Muscle Damage ◽  
Martial Arts ◽  
Mixed Martial Arts
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