A Review of Time-Motion Analysis and Combat Development in Mixed Martial Arts Matches at Regional Level Tournaments

• Published in: Perceptual and motor skills Vol. 112; no. 2; pp. 639 - 648
• Main Authors: del Vecchio, Fabrício Boscolo, Hirata, Sérgio Masashi, Franchini, Emerson
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.04.2011; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Adult; Athletic Performance; Brazil; Checklist; Comparative analysis; Competitive Behavior; Humans; Male; Martial arts; Martial Arts - psychology; Physical Exertion; Time and Motion Studies; Tournaments & championships; Variance analysis; Young Adult; Brazil

Mixed martial arts (MMA) have become a fast-growing worldwide expansion of martial arts competition, requiring high level of skill, physical conditioning, and strategy, and involving a synthesis of combat while standing or on the ground. This study quantified the effort-pause ratio (EP), and classif...