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Profil Úspěšného Bojovníka MMA UNIVERZITA KARLOVA V PRAZE FAKULTA TĚLESNÉ VÝCHOVY A SPORTU Profil úspěšného bojovníka MMA Diplomová práce Vedoucí diplomové práce: Vypracovala: PhDr. Radim Pavelka Ph.D. Bc. Renáta Vesecká Prohlašuji, že jsem závěrečnou diplomovou práci zpracovala samostatně a že jsem uvedla všechny použité informační zdroje a literaturu. Tato práce ani její podstatná část nebyla předložena k získání jiného nebo stejného akademického titulu. V Praze, dne …………………………… podpis diplomanta Evidenční list Souhlasím se zapůjčením své diplomové práce ke studijním účelům. Uživatel svým podpisem stvrzuje, že tuto diplomovou práci použil ke studiu a prohlašuje, že ji uvede mezi použitými prameny. Jméno a příjmení: Fakulta / katedra: Datum vypůjčení: Podpis: ______________________________________________________________________ Poděkování Na tomto místě bych ráda poděkovala vedoucímu práce PhDr. Radimovi Pavelkovi, Ph.D. za odborné vedení práce a všem svým konzultantům a samozřejmě rodině za podporu při studiu. Abstrakt Název: Profil úspěšného bojovníka MMA Cíle: Hlavním cílem této práce je sestavení profilu úspěšného bojovníka MMA prestižní organizace UFC, která sdružuje nejúspěšnější bojovníky různých stylů z celého světa. Dalším cílem bylo zjištění, který bojový styl je dnes v těchto prestižních utkáních nejvhodnější vzhledem k úspěšnosti v soutěži. Metody: Jedná se o teoretickou deskriptivní práci. Metodou byla rešeršně kompilační studie z několika dostupných literárních a elektronických zdrojů. Byly uvedeny bojové statistiky a jejich vyhodnocení na základě věcné významnosti. Výsledky: Bylo zjištěno, že nejúspěšnějším stylem současných zápasů MMA organizace UFC je wrestler a dále byl z dostupných informací sestaven profil úspěšného bojovníka MMA. Klíčová slova: MMA, UFC, bojové sporty. Abstract Title: Profile of a successful MMA fighter Objectives: The main objective of this dissertation is to put together a profile of a successful MMA fighter of the prestigious organization UFC which brings together the most successful fighters of various styles from all around the world. The next objective was to determine which fighting style in today’s prestigious matches is the most appropriate and efficient one to become successful. Methods: It is a theoretical descriptive dissertation. The used method was a research compilation study from several available literary and electronic resources. It presents fight statistics and their evaluation based upon the pragmatic importance. Results: It has been determined that the most successful style of the MMA matches in the UFC organization is wrestler and based upon the available information a profile of a successful MMA fighter has been put together. Keywords: MMA, UFC, combat sports. Obsah: 1. ÚVOD .......................................................................................................................... 9 2. SOUČASNÝ STAV BÁDÁNÍ ................................................................................. 10 2.1 Charakteristika MMA ........................................................................................... 10 2.1.1 Historie ........................................................................................................... 11 2.1.2 Typy zápasníků .............................................................................................. 14 2.1.3 Taktika ........................................................................................................... 14 2.1.4 Vzdálenost ..................................................................................................... 16 2.1.5 Váhové kategorie ........................................................................................... 17 2.1.6 Rozhodování .................................................................................................. 17 2.1.7 Zakázané Techniky ........................................................................................ 18 2.1.8 Typy ukončení zápasu ................................................................................... 18 2.2 UFC ....................................................................................................................... 19 2.2.1 Počátky turnajů UFC ..................................................................................... 21 3. CÍLE, ÚKOLY A METODIKA PRÁCE ............................................................... 24 3.1 Cíle a úkoly ........................................................................................................... 24 3.2 Metodika práce ..................................................................................................... 24 4. DESKRIPTIVNĚ-ANALYTICKÁ ČÁST ............................................................. 26 4.1 Bojovníci UFC ...................................................................................................... 26 4.1.1 Těžká váha ..................................................................................................... 26 4.1.2 Polotěžká váha: Little Heavyweight .............................................................. 29 4.1.3 Střední váha: Middleweight ........................................................................... 35 4.1.4 Velterová váha: Velterweight ....................................................................... 40 4.1.5 Lehká váha: Lightweight ............................................................................... 45 4.1.6 Pérová váha: Featherweight ........................................................................... 49 4.1.7 Bantamová váha: Bantamweight ................................................................... 53 7 4.1.8 Muší váha: Flyweight .................................................................................... 56 4.2 Rané začátky bojovníků ........................................................................................ 59 4.3 Bojové sporty, kterým se bojovníci UFC věnovali nejčastěji ............................. 60 4.3.1 Zápas .............................................................................................................. 61 4.3.2 Box ................................................................................................................. 62 4.3.3 Karate ( kyokushin karate) ............................................................................. 62 4.3.4 Kickbox .......................................................................................................... 62 4.3.5 Muay Thai .................................................................................................... 63 4.3.6 Brazilské jiu-jitsu (BJJ) ................................................................................. 63 5. ZÁVĚR ..................................................................................................................... 66 6. LITERATURA ......................................................................................................... 68 8 1. ÚVOD Tato práce se bude zabývat profilem úspěšného bojovníka UFC. Tato organizace byla vybrána z důvodu, že je bezesporu nejprestižnější organizací světa, která zastřešuje nejúspěšnější bojovníky smíšených bojových umění. Úspěšný bojovník MMA (mixed martial arts) musí dnes ovládat všechny tři úrovně boje. Jedná se o boj v postoji, zápas a boj na zemi. Jednostranně zaměřený bojovník by dnes neměl v této disciplíně šanci se prosadit (Penn, Cordoza, Krauss, 2007). Bojovníky vždy zajímalo, který styl boje je nejlepší v porovnání s jinými a tato zvědavost vyústila v roce 1993 v šampionát UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) pořádaný ve Spojených státech. Proti sobě tu nastoupili zástupci různých stylů, jako je kickbox, box, karate, jiu-jitsu, zápas apod. (Grmela, 2012). Šampionát vyhrál Royce Gracie, který dokonale ovládal styl Brazilské jiu jitsu a svou technikou boje na zemi, předvedl všem ostatním bojovníkům, co jim chybí v jejich zápasovém projevu. Na jeho techniku nebyl schopný nikdo odpovědět. V současnosti však zápas MMA představuje nejkomplexnější souhrn bojových dovedností a stylů, které mají vést k co nejefektivnějšímu vedení útoku a získání převahy nad protivníkem (Snowden, Shields, 2010). Po fyzické stránce je to jeden z nejnáročnějších sportů na světě, je přirovnáván k bojovému triatlonu. Bojovníci musejí rozvíjet všechny složky fyzické i psychické kondice. Maximální sílu, dynamickou sílu, vytrvalost i odolnost. Kromě již zmíněné fyzické náročnosti je nedílnou a velice důležitou součástí i mentální trénink bojovníka – tzv. motivace a rozvíjení psychické kondice. Právě proto, i díky jeho obrovské popularitě je v tomto sportu aplikováno mnoho inovativních přístupů a technologií rozvíjejících požadované vlastnosti bojovníka (Penn, Cordoza, Krauss, 2007). Jelikož se zde setkávají bojovníci z celého světa a každý se věnoval jiným druhům bojových sportů, bude se tato práce zabývat podrobněji jejich minulostí a bude se snažit najít společné body v jejich přípravě pro budoucího profesionálního zápasníka, které by pomohly vytvořit profil úspěšného bojovníka MMA. 9 2. SOUČASNÝ STAV BÁDÁNÍ Pro zjišťování potřebných dat bylo k dispozici jen málo zdrojů, neboť je toto sportovní odvětví relativně nové a bylo napsáno do této doby velmi málo. Veškeré knižní zdroje jsou pouze v anglickém jazyce, zatím žádná nebyla v českém jazyce vydána. Nejvíce informací bylo získáno z encyklopedie UFC (Gerbasi,2011), která je velmi dobře zpracována a popisuje všechny zápasy a jednotlivé zápasníky od prvního turnaje UFC až do roku 2011. 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