Blast from the Past - UCMMA's Ultimate Ball

[WallyBear]

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Just stumbled across UCMMA's wiki page and read about "Ultimate Ball":

UCMMA created a new sport inside MMA during the early part of 2012 called 'Ultimate Ball'. The team-based sport, which combines sports such as rugby, American football, basketball and mixed martial arts, is played in the cage in which both sides try to get the rugby-shaped ball into the opposition's goal, with takedowns and body shots allowed. Ultimate Ball debut at UCMMA 27.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Challenge_MMA#Ultimate_Ball

The MMA world is quite crazy sometimes. Thought I should share it just for shits and giggles.

 

[InfinityLens]

It's a weird sport we love.

Were did you get the guys fighting in sand thing?

 

[InfinityLens]

I don't think they allow subs, so technically not MMA.

 

[JayPettryMMA]

The MMA world is quite crazy sometimes.

 

[JayPettryMMA]

Were did you get the guys fighting in sand thing?

It's from Mother Russia. It was actually a minor weird news story that went all over the internet, the guy in the white shorts was just a random fan from the stands that came in to fight the pro mma fighter in the black. I think the guy originally supposed to fight the guy in the black pulled out at the last minute, and they called out to the crowd to see if someone wanted to take the fight. The fan did, and smoked the pro fighter.

 

[WallyBear]

Ha, the M-1 Medieval fights are also quite funny. Love the outfit of the ref.

 

[Mr Boogaloo]

I saw the first show they put on! it was awesome, does anyone have a link to the shows they have put on since that first one?

 

[JayPettryMMA]

It's a weird sport we love.

 

[JayPettryMMA]

I saw the first show they put on! it was awesome, does anyone have a link to the shows they have put on since that first one?

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/4/11/4193546/remembering-yamma-pit-fighting-five-years-later

"YAMMA was planning a second show for June, but the company collapsed not long after their debut. 2008 was a tough time for MMA in general, as the IFL had also began to wither and die, as had Bodog Fight. Pro Elite was still clinging to life, but would not be around for much longer either. If you can handle watching the entire event, YAMMA was not as bad as your memory might have made it seem. Some of the fights were actually pretty good, but the show felt more like a regional level event than a pay-per-view worth spending $35 on (yes, that was the actual price for this show). If anything, YAMMA was a cautionary tale for future promoters on how to (and how not to) run an MMA promotion. The company did some good things, building newer fighters around well-known names in the sport to build a foundation instead of just bringing in squash matches with the names against newcomers. Unfortunately, the execution of the event and some misguided matchmaking resulted in a show as uneven as the slanted cage itself."

 

[BisexualMMA]

Heh, I remember watching a full 10-minute highlight or something like that from an event.

I figured it was more viable than X-arm but didn't expect it to last as long as it has. Good for them.

 

[Mr Boogaloo]

haha yeah I was taking the piss out of yamma. my sig also takes the piss out of yamma. cheers though, I was fucking about

 

[BeardotheWeirdo]

The only MMA off-shoot worth watching, imo. Shoot-boxing is cool too.
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I forgot about Ultimate Ball, would've worked better in a much bigger cage.

That beach league does tag-team MMA too, here's a link to their channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWTDIHq3miKzLWkSk82wJBw

I came across it searching for the Japanese tag-team MMA matches

 

[InfinityLens]

The only MMA off-shoot worth watching, imo. Shoot-boxing is cool too.
[YT]L98XNNSFuws[/YT]

I forgot about Ultimate Ball, would've worked better in a much bigger cage.

That beach league does tag-team MMA too, here's a link to their channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWTDIHq3miKzLWkSk82wJBw

I came across it searching for the Japanese tag-team MMA matches

You should check out Ganryugima.

@MrBoogaloo, who is the quote in your sig attributed to.

 

[BeardotheWeirdo]

I love Ganryujima, I've watched both their events several times.

I don't consider them an MMA off-shoot, it's still MMA, just with a ring-out rule.