The general martial arts (MMA) is a specific antagonistic sport, when there is too many diverse techniques that can be applied on the stage, also possesses a very fast pace of the match. That requires the referees and the inspection board to be observed, the alertness and the ability to evaluate very quickly when monitoring situations of the match of the match.
So, what are the bases they will rely on to determine the victory and lose in a MMA Vietnam match?
In case of determining winning and losing when the boxer loser is no longer able to defend himself
The MMA match will be stopped (“Finished” – ending) when one of the two boxers is considered to be no longer able to defend itself during the competition.
a. Submission
When a fighter uses locking skills to completely control the opponent, the match will be declared to end.
– Tap out: The locker is locked using a part of the body to signal that does not want to continue the match (usually smashing hands, feet on the floor or the opponent's body).
– Verbal tap out: When a boxer cannot signal with his body gestures, they can speak out to the referee to stop the match. The acts of shouting due to injury are also identified as the basis for the referee to stop the match.
– Technical Submission: When a struggle leads to a serious injury (broken limb, dislocated) or causing the opponent to unconscious but before the tap out, the match will end with the victory of the Technical Submission for the person who makes the squeeze.
b. Knockout (no)
A Knockout situation was determined when a fighter was hit and could not be awake to protect himself (the fighter was unconscious, or fell into a state of not being able to actively control action).
c. Technical Knockout (Technical Knockout, TKO)
Technical knockout is determined when the boxer does not protect himself effectively. In addition, situations that lead to technical skills may be due to objective agents.
– Unable to control your behavior (despite being aware).
– Laceration/Injuries: Trauma (tear, dislocated or muscle injury) makes the boxer unable to continue.
– Corner Stoppage: Coach, corner of the radio please stop the match.
– Doctor Stoppage: The doctor asked to stop the match (because the injury of the boxer was too dangerous to continue).
In case of determining the winning and losing by calculating points
When the match goes all the rounds that no other boxer is killed, technical or submission, the match will be decided by the transcript from the assessment arbitrators. Each match will have 3 inspections to decide the scores of the boxers.
– Unanimous Decision (Winning / Losing / Drawing by calculating the consensus): All three assessments and marking a winning boxer.
– Split Decision (Winning / Losing by calculating the unanimous point): Two assessments marked one Winning boxer, the third assessment of the remaining fighter. In case of an assessment of 1 mark of 1 wins, 2 marks of 2 wins, 3 -winning assessment, the result will be a drawing draw (Split Draw).
– Majority Decision: Two assessments of a martial artist, the third assessment of the match.
– Technical Decision (technical win): The match was stopped by an injury due to an unintentional error, the person who was leading on the transcript was declared.
In case of determining winning and losing due to violations
With cases of serious law that has surpassed the scope of warning – subtracting points, the match will be stopped and determined the results.
a. Disqualification (competition)
The referee is allowed to compete when:
– A martial artist made intentionally causing the injury to create a serious enough opponent so that the match could not continue.
– When the boxer committed many errors that were determined to be intentional, or did not hear the referee's command.
b. No Contest (No results)
A match identified as No Contest (not determining the results) when a boxer could not continue due to an unintentional injury and the time of the match was not enough to determine the winner on the transcript.