MMA (Mixed Martial Arts), a Boon for Physical Fitness

Abstract

MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) has become one of the most popular emerging sport across the globe. Hand-to-hand fighting began as old battle strategies. Contingent upon the structure, they include performing specialized and regularly dangerous moves, for example, kicks, punches, takedowns and locks. Similarly significant as the battling and specialized parts of the hand-to-hand fighting are the psychological and profound segments, which centre around improving mental perseverance, strength, and fixation; controlling feelings and negative reasoning; and even, eventually, rising above the personality and its psychological snares.

The objective of this cross-sectional study was to find out the potential benefits of the MMA, so to achieve this there was a comparison of push up test, crunches test, plank test, squat test, sit and reach test, two-minute curl-up test, punch test, kick test and reaction time test conducted on trainee martial artist (trained in MMA) was compared with those of the untrained (control) individuals. 50 trainee martial artist and 30 control individuals were recruited for the study; the control group bore a close resemblance in all the other physical features with the trainee martial artists. The results suggested that the MMA trained individuals performed comparatively better in the entire test and also had a better reaction time as compared to the untrained individuals.