The UFC’s glossary of terms to keep track of at UFC 300
Everything is ready in Las Vegas for one of the biggest events the promotion has ever put together. Here are some of the terms you may hear during the card.
The countdown for one of the most spectacular UFC cards ever has begun. Everything is set in Vegas for one of the most anticipated combat sports events in recent years.
UFC 300 will include three title fights -although one will be a non-official belt-, and 12 current or former champions will step into the octagon. The main event will be headlined by one of UFC’s stars, Alex Pereira and Jamahal Hill.
But there’s much more. Fans will be able to see some of the biggest names in the company colliding in Sin City, such as Justin Gaethje and Max Holloway, Charles Oliveira and Arman Tsarykyan, and Jiri Prochazka vs Aleksandar Rakic, among others.
There will be 13 fights in total, and even if the early prelims are usually the least attractive clashes for the audience, this will likely be different this time, as the first fight of the night will be a war between two former champions, Deiveson Figueiredo and Cody Garbrandt.
Throughout the night, there will be plenty of action and fighters will be looking to come out on top using different kinds of attacking strategies. Here are a few key terms you may hear on Saturday night.
UFC 300: Glossary of terms
- Anaconda choke: arm triangle choke hold applied from front headlock position, with the opponent’s arm trapped and defenseless.
- Armbar: joint lock submission that hyperextends the opponent’s elbow after trapping an extended arm between your knees.
- Back control: grappling position in which a fighter is controlling a rival from behind, usually with legs wrapped around the opponent’s legs.
- Body triangle: grappling maneuver in which a fighter wraps legs around an opponent’s torso, securing the lock with an ankle.
- Choke: any submission hold that impedes blood flow in the opponent’s neck arteries.
- Clinch: standing position with fighters' arms locking their upper bodies together.
- Counterpunch: punch thrown in reaction to an opponent throwing a strike.
- D’Arce choke: submission hold locked in from front headlock position.
- Flying knee: standup fighting attack in which a fighter runs toward an opponent, knee first, looking to land a strike.
- Full mount: grappling position in which the top fighter in ground fighting has passed the opponent’s legs and is in full control of the torso.
- Grappling: Any fighting that is more about grabbing than punching and kicking.
- Ground-and-pound: fighting technique in which a fighter on top of an opponent on the mat unleashes punches and elbows.
- Guillotine choke: submission technique applied from in front of and facing an opponent, in which a fighter wraps his arms under the neck.
- Headlock: move in which a fighter controls a rival by securing an arm tightly around the opponent’s head and squeezes.
- Jab: straight punch to hurt the opponent's face or body and to keep him at bay.
- Kimura: armlock named after Japanese judoka Masahiko Kimura.
- Knockout: fight result also known as 'KO' when a fighter lands a strike or a combination of strikes that ends the fight. When the referee determines that a fighter can't himself due to the punishment received, it's declared a technical knockout (TKO).
- Leg kick: kick targeting an opponent’s calf, thigh or knee area.
- No contest: fight result when a bout ends with no winner or loser and is not scored a draw. Usually happens after an accidental foul where one of the fighters can't continue fighting.
- Push kick: standup technique in which a fighter maintains distance with a straight kick to an opponent’s legs or body.
- Rear naked choke: submission move in which a fighter immobilizes an opponent from the back and wraps arms around the neck.
- Single-leg takedown: wrestling move that a fighter does to get an opponent down and grabbing a leg to put the other fighter off balance.
- Strike: Anything that hits an opponent.
- Submission: fight result when a fighter cannot escape a choke or joint lock and taps out or verbally submits.
- Superman punch: striking technique in which a fighter brings the rear leg forward in a kicking motion, then snaps it back while throwing a punch, generating power.
- Takedown: wrestling technique to take an opponent to the mat and control him.
- Tapout /tap out: fight-ending move by a fighter who is caught in a choke or joint lock and wishes to submit.
- Triangle choke: submission movement in which a fighter chokes an opponent by wrapping legs around the rivals’s neck and one arm in a figure-four alignment in the shape of a triangle.
- Uppercut: punch thrown in an upward vertical trajectory toward an opponent’s chin or upper body.