| The ultimate fighting championship is an event in which | | | | Randy Couture was an Olympic wrestler. Couture is |
| fighters from all over the world gather on a single | | | | generally recognized as a clinch and ground-and-pound |
| platform and demonstrate their mixed martial art skills. | | | | fighter who uses his wrestling ability to execute take |
| The mixed martial art skills include all the traditional | | | | downs, establish top position and successively strike |
| martial art and other fighting styles like Brazilian jiu-jitsu, | | | | the opponent on the bottom. Couture has also |
| wrestling, judo, Karate and boxing. There are many | | | | displayed a variety of skills in boxing, Muay Thai and |
| other fighting styles that are included in mixed martial | | | | Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Rich Franklin has trained in Freestyle |
| arts. The basic focus of UFC is to find out the most | | | | fighting, Kickboxing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Muay Thai. |
| effective fighting technique. The main purpose of the | | | | According to Rich, he first learned submission fighting |
| UFC event is to find out who has the best fighting skills. | | | | from instructional video tapes. Sean Sherk trained in |
| Every fighter in the UFC comes from a unique fighting | | | | Wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and Boxing. Sherk began |
| background. They have different kinds of training and | | | | wrestling at age seven. Sherk also practiced boxing, |
| practice. The prominent fighters of UFC include Chuck | | | | shoot wrestling, and Muay Thai. Tito Ortiz trained in |
| Liddell, Tito Ortiz, Quinton Jackson, Randy Couture, | | | | Wrestling, Collegiate wrestling and Boxing. |
| Sean Sherk, Rich Franklin and many others. Each of | | | | So many fighters with vast martial art background |
| these fighters has a different background of fighting | | | | gather at a platform to compete with each other and |
| and training. | | | | demonstrate their skills makes UFC a unique event. |
| Chuck Liddell has an effective striking background in | | | | This is the platform where the ultimate fighting style is |
| Kempo Karate, Koei-Kan Karate and kickboxing. He | | | | determined. There is no single fighting style that can be |
| started his training in Koei-Kan karate when he was 12 | | | | considered best. There is a mixture of all the fighting |
| years of age. He also has a grappling background in | | | | styles that makes up the best fighting method. It is hard |
| collegiate wrestling. He is considered an unorthodox | | | | to select one fighting style and consider it best |
| striker, due to his relaxed hands-down stance and the | | | | because everyone has their own choice. Some prefer |
| angles at which he throws punches. He tends to use | | | | jiu-jitsu and others prefer kickboxing. So there is no |
| his wrestling skills to defend against takedowns. | | | | unique fighting style, every fighting style has a unique |
| Quinton Jackson had a wrestling background before | | | | quality attached to it and a mixture of all these fighting |
| shifting to mixed martial arts. Helater trained in | | | | methods make up the perfect fighting style. |
| kickboxing. | | | | |