Grappling Combat Sports

Combat sports decided by throws, takedowns, holds, pins and submissions rather than by strikes. Wrestling, judo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, submission grappling and sumo are the main forms, differing in how a fall, a pin, a ring-out or a joint lock is scored. What belongs here is a sport where gripping and controlling the opponent is the principal means of winning. Every sport filed in this group belongs to the Combat Sports category and has its own entry in the Sport and Games Atlas, from which a reader can follow links on to its leading athletes, its competitions and the governing bodies that set its rules.