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 | | These three distinct styles coincide with the "phases of combat" theory, which states that fights can be broken into three distinct phases, each requiring completely different skill sets: stand-up fighting, clinch fighting, and ground fighting. |
 | | The hardcore followers are frightened that MMA could turn into "kickboxing with 30 second ground fighting allowed." It will probably not happen. |
 | | It became apparent that there was no such thing as an unstoppable submission attack, and that a wrestler who also studies submissions can limit his exposure to a submission attacks. |
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