Plush Matthew G, Guppy Stuart N, Nosaka Kazunori, Barley Oliver R
School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia.
Int J Exerc Sci. 2021 Aug 1;14(4):941-961. doi: 10.70252/BUHI5001. eCollection 2021.
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a combat sport that employs techniques from different combat disciplines. There are a multitude of technical and physiological characteristics that contribute to competitive success. Developing a single scientific assessment that can predict competitive outcomes poses great difficulty due to the complexity of MMA. While previous research has investigated some important physiological characteristics, there is no accepted best-practice for a comprehensive testing battery. As such, this study aimed to design and utilize a battery of physiological assessments to cover aerobic and anaerobic function, strength measures including explosive and maximal strength, body composition and repeat effort ability in Australian MMA athletes. Six participants with competitive experience were recruited. Testing involved a familiarization, three experimental sessions and including assessments such as the isometric midthigh pull, Wingate test, graded exercise test, countermovement jump and body composition scan. Results showed the testing battery in this study was realistic and able to be completed by the participants without issue and that regional Australian MMA athletes were similar physiologically to elite standard compared with previous research taken from a range of sources. However, future research with the testing battery is required with larger and more diverse samples to better understand the full profiles of MMA athletes. The results of the study can help inform athletes, researchers and support staff alike when deciding upon which testing protocols to use for MMA athletes. Future research should aim to develop normative data using the battery proposed in the current study.
综合格斗（MMA）是一项运用来自不同格斗领域技术的竞技运动。有众多技术和生理特征有助于取得比赛胜利。由于综合格斗的复杂性，开发一种能够预测比赛结果的单一科学评估方法极具难度。虽然先前的研究已经调查了一些重要的生理特征，但对于全面的测试组合并没有被广泛接受的最佳实践方法。因此，本研究旨在设计并运用一系列生理评估方法，以涵盖有氧和无氧功能、包括爆发力和最大力量在内的力量测量、身体成分以及澳大利亚综合格斗运动员的重复努力能力。招募了六名有比赛经验的参与者。测试包括一次熟悉过程、三个实验环节，涵盖等长中大腿拉伸、温盖特测试、分级运动测试、反向纵跳和身体成分扫描等评估。结果表明，本研究中的测试组合切实可行，参与者能够顺利完成，并且与之前从一系列来源获取的研究相比，澳大利亚地区的综合格斗运动员在生理上与精英水平相似。然而，未来需要使用更大且更多样化的样本对该测试组合进行研究，以更好地了解综合格斗运动员的全貌。该研究结果有助于运动员、研究人员和支持人员在决定对综合格斗运动员使用何种测试方案时提供参考。未来的研究应旨在使用本研究中提出的测试组合来制定标准数据。
