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olympic freestyle fighting), while Professional wrestling is called Luta Livre Profissional or simply Luta Livre, sometimes also referred as Telecatch. Olympic Freestyle Wrestling is known as Luta Livre Olímpica (lit. freestyle fighting) can be used for multiple styles of wrestling.
- 2.2 Decline in popularity and modern development.
- This is also the form used in MMA-style fights. Combate, on the other hand, includes striking techniques on the ground palm strikes and kicks are allowed, but the ground fight and submissions are still the largest elements. Punches, kicks and other "hard" techniques are not allowed as this is considered more a sport than actual combat. Consequently, it is important to calmly strategize and execute moves with the aim to force the opponent to submit via armlock, leglock, choke or necklock, or to win by points (i.e. In esportiva competitions, grappling techniques are the only techniques allowed to subdue the opponent. There are two styles: esportiva ("sporting") and combate ("ground strikes") both styles are no-gi. Notable practitioners include Marco Ruas, Ebenezer Fontes Braga, Johil de Oliveira, Alexandre Franca Nogueira, Renato Sobral, Gesias Cavalcante, Pedro Rizzo, Darren Till and José Aldo.
Primarily a mixture of catch wrestling and kosen judo, there is also ground striking with the hands, feet, knees and elbows.
Brazilian freestyle fighting) or Luta Livre Submission, and also Brazilian Submission Wrestling, is a Brazilian martial arts and combat sport created by Euclydes Hatem in Rio de Janeiro.
freestyle fighting), known in Brazil as Luta Livre Brasileira (lit. Catch Wrestling, Kosen Judo, Kodokan Judo