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HOW
FIGHT FIRST COMPETITION RULES VARY FROM OTHER COMPETITIONS
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COMPETITION
RULES
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FIGHT
FIRST MMA (FF-MMA)
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Duration Round:.
Novice fight card: 3 x 5-minute rounds. Championship
/ Professional fight card: 3x five-minute rounds.
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| Allows
(Physical): Stomps, soccer kicks,
(except knees to the head of a grounded opponent), elbow
strikes, except ones starting from the twelve o'clock
position and striking down to the six o'clock position. |
| Prohibits
(Physical):
Any butting with the head, eye gouging, biting of any
kind, hair pulling, fish hooking, groin attacks of any
kind, putting a finger into any orifice or into any cut
or laceration on an opponent, any small joint manipulation,
spiking a fighter on the head during takedown or slam,
throat strikes of any kind, including, without limitation,
grabbing the trachea, throwing an opponent out of the
ring, timidity, including, without limitation, avoiding
contact with an opponent, intentionally or consistently
dropping the mouthpiece or faking an injury, attacking
an opponent on or during the break, o or whilst the an
opponent is under the care of the referee. |
| Prohibits
(Clothing:.
Shoes, shirts and joggers. Only boxing-styled shorts (or
trunks) + padded MMA gloves are allowed. |
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Ways To Win: Submission by:
Physical tap out, verbal tap out, technical knockout (by
the referee stopping the contest). Decision by: scorecards,
including unanimous decision, split decision, majority
decision. Draw by: unanimous draw, majority draw or split
draw. Disqualification by: committing prohibited moves,
(see above) or receiving three warnings. Forfeit by: throwing
in the towel, failure to compete. |
| Warnings:A
warning will be issued by the referee to a fighter who
FAILS TO FIGHT, including any form of stalling, failure
to initiate any offensive attack, making no attempt to
finalize the match or damage the opponent, including holding
the opponent's body with the arms and legs to produce
a stalemate. Should a fighter receive three warnings for
FAILING TO FIGHT the fighter will be DISQUALIFIED and
victory will be awarded to his opponent.
A
warning will be issued by the referee to a fighter who
purposely holds the ropes. Fighters cannot purposely
hang an arm or leg on the ropes. Hanging on the ropes
will result in an immediate warning. Three warnings
means the fighter is DISQUALIFIED and victory will be
awarded to his opponent.
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| Weight
classes:
Heavyweight (no limit), Middleweight (<92 kg), Lightweight
(<73 kg). |
| Age
Restrictions:
Fight First MMA will not enter any fighter below the age
of 18 years old. |
| Experience
Restrictions:Novice
fighters must have at least 6 months training in MMA and
have attained a reasonable standard in any martial arts
discipline. |
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