MMA
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MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) is a full-contact combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques from different martial arts disciplines, including striking and grappling, both standing and on the ground.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MMA canonical | 4 |
| Bellator MMA | 1 |
| Vale Tudo competition | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5308078 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MMA Context triple: [MMA, shortName, MMA]
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A.
MMA
The Music Modernization Act is a U.S. law that modernizes music licensing and royalty payments for songwriters and rights holders in the digital streaming era.
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B.
MMA
MMA is the commonly used acronym for the Chilean Ministry of Environment, the government body responsible for environmental policy and regulation in Chile.
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C.
Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is the world’s leading mixed martial arts promotion, organizing high-profile fights across multiple weight classes featuring top fighters from around the globe.
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D.
Mjölnir MMA
Mjölnir MMA is an Icelandic mixed martial arts gym and training team known for producing high-level fighters such as UFC welterweight Gunnar Nelson.
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E.
Muay Boran
Muay Boran is a traditional Thai martial art comprising ancient unarmed combat techniques that served as the historical foundation for modern Muay Thai.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MMA Target entity description: MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) is a full-contact combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques from different martial arts disciplines, including striking and grappling, both standing and on the ground.
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A.
MMA
MMA is the commonly used acronym for the Chilean Ministry of Environment, the government body responsible for environmental policy and regulation in Chile.
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B.
MMA
The Music Modernization Act is a U.S. law that modernizes music licensing and royalty payments for songwriters and rights holders in the digital streaming era.
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C.
Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is the world’s leading mixed martial arts promotion, organizing high-profile fights across multiple weight classes featuring top fighters from around the globe.
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D.
Mjölnir MMA
Mjölnir MMA is an Icelandic mixed martial arts gym and training team known for producing high-level fighters such as UFC welterweight Gunnar Nelson.
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E.
Muay Boran
Muay Boran is a traditional Thai martial art comprising ancient unarmed combat techniques that served as the historical foundation for modern Muay Thai.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
combat sport
ⓘ
full-contact sport ⓘ mixed martial art ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Mixed Martial Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| allows |
ground fighting
ⓘ
stand-up fighting ⓘ |
| bans |
biting
ⓘ
eye gouging ⓘ headbutts ⓘ small joint manipulation ⓘ strikes to the back of the head ⓘ |
| combinesDiscipline |
Brazilian jiu-jitsu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Muay Thai NERFINISHED ⓘ boxing ⓘ judo ⓘ karate ⓘ kickboxing ⓘ sambo ⓘ taekwondo ⓘ wrestling ⓘ |
| firstMajorEvent | UFC 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstMajorEventYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| fullName | Mixed Martial Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Bellator MMA
NERFINISHED
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ONE Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ Professional Fighters League NERFINISHED ⓘ Rizin Fighting Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ Ultimate Fighting Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChampionshipRounds | 5 rounds ⓘ |
| hasCompetitionArea |
cage
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ring ⓘ |
| hasNonTitleRounds | 3 rounds ⓘ |
| hasOlympicStatus | not an Olympic sport ⓘ |
| hasRoundLength | 5 minutes ⓘ |
| hasRuleSet | Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWeightClass |
bantamweight
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featherweight ⓘ flyweight ⓘ heavyweight ⓘ light heavyweight ⓘ lightweight ⓘ middleweight ⓘ welterweight ⓘ women's bantamweight ⓘ women's featherweight ⓘ women's flyweight ⓘ women's strawweight ⓘ |
| isAmateur | true ⓘ |
| isProfessional | true ⓘ |
| popularizedBy | Ultimate Fighting Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryObjective |
defeat opponent by judges decision
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defeat opponent by knockout ⓘ defeat opponent by submission ⓘ |
| requiresEquipment |
MMA gloves
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groin protector ⓘ mouthguard ⓘ shorts ⓘ |
| scoringSystem | 10-point must system ⓘ |
| typicalCageShape | octagon ⓘ |
| usesTechniqueType |
grappling
ⓘ
striking ⓘ |
| victoryMethod |
corner stoppage
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decision ⓘ disqualification ⓘ knockout ⓘ no contest ⓘ submission ⓘ technical knockout ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: MMA Description of subject: MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) is a full-contact combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques from different martial arts disciplines, including striking and grappling, both standing and on the ground.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hélio Gracie
this entity surface form:
Vale Tudo competition
this entity surface form:
Bellator MMA