GAMMA India's Jitendra Khare details the format of Striking MMA, why it is necessary, Striking MMA in Indian context, The format at the GAMMA Asian MMA Championships, his take on Rodtang vs. Demetrious Johnson and more.

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00:35 - On the recent performances of his team

02:00 - What is Striking MMA?

06:45 - Striking MMA at the GAMMA Asian MMA Championship

09:42 - Scoring in Striking MMA

13:35 - Striking MMA for Indian Fighters

15:25 - Rodtang vs. DJ Fight

17:51 - Closing Thoughts

Why Striking MMA?

Today, mixed martial arts is the most popular discipline of combat sports worldwide and has the youngest fan base among all combat sports. Even though many mixed martial arts athletes and champions come from different fighting backgrounds such as Boxing, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Jiu-jitsu, Judo, and Wrestling, before progressing into mixed martial arts, it is not an easy task for them to learn and master all the techniques of the sport i.e. striking, submission and grappling.

For example, athletes in striking-based combat sports such as Boxing, Kickboxing, and Karate would be unfamiliar with submission grappling and would be unprepared to deal with submission techniques by Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. As a result, the GAMMA Technical Committee has decided to launch Striking MMA, a fighting system based on traditional rules of MMA to facilitate a smooth transition and pathway into mixed martial arts regardless of the technical knowledge of the athletes.

What is Striking MMA?

The rules are intuitive as they include all the techniques which have made mixed martial arts popular except with the exclusion of the ground and pound techniques. Athletes are still allowed to submit their opponents to the ground and have a maximum of 30 seconds time to finish the submission to get the tap out and win. The fighter who was saved by 30 sec. the rule gets a point deducted similar to a knockdown in stand-up. The future of Striking MMA

GAMMA will pilot Striking MMA at an international stage with the Striking MMA World Cup before holding regular Championships in each continent and culminating with the World Championships. Official seminars will be conducted as a first step towards introducing Striking MMA.

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