XV. JUDGING

15) JUDGING AND SCORING - Contests can be terminated as the result of any of the following:


A) Submission by:
   1) Physical Tap Out
   2) Verbal tap out


B) Technical Knockout (TKO) by:
   1) Referee stops contest, fighter is injured and/or unable to defend himself.
   2) Ringside Physician stops contest, fighter is injured.


C) Knockout (KO) – Contestant is unable to maintain a standing position.
D) Decision via the score cards:
   1) Unanimous Decision - When all three judges score the contest for the same contestant.
   2) Split Decision - When two judges score the contest for one contestant and one judge scores for the opponent
   3) Majority Decision - When two judges score the contest for the same contestant and one judge scores a draw


E) Draw. Including:
 
   1) Unanimous Draw - When all three judges score the contest a draw
   2) Majority Draw - When two judges score the contest a draw
   3) Split Draw - When all three judges score differently
 

F) Disqualification
G) Forfeit
H) Technical Draw
I) Technical Decision
J) No Contest





TECHNIQUES THAT JUDGES MUST KNOW:
BASIC MMA TECHNIQUES:

Takedowns:
Arm Drag, Ankle Pick, Body Lock Takedown, Double Leg, Duck Under, Flying Scissor Takedown or Leg Scissor, Head & Arm Toss or Throw, High Crotch, Hip Toss, Inside Trip, Iranian Lift, Lateral Drop, Osoto Gari, Outside Trip, Pile Driver, Power Bomb, Seoi-Nagi, Single Leg, Sprawl, Suplex, Switch, Tai-Otoshi, Uchi-Mata, Whizzer, Fireman Carry

Submissions:
Americana /Key lock, Anaconda Choke, Ankle Lock, Ankle Lock from Back Control, Armbar/ Straight Arm Lock , Arm Triangle, Bar Arm Choke, Bicep Slicer/Lock, Calf Slicer/Calf Lock, Crucifix Neck Crank, Darce Choke, Double Armbar, Double Wrist Lock/Kimura, Eziquel/Front Choke, Gogoplata, Guillotine Choke, Head & Arm Control Straight Arm Lock, Head & Arm Control Shoulder Lock, Heel Hook, Inverted Heel Hook, Knee Bar, North-South Choke, Omoplata, Peruvian Neck Tie/De Souza, Rear Naked Choke, Reverse Naked/Front Naked Choke, Reverse Triangle Choke, Rolling Knee Bar, Toe Hold, Triangle Choke, Twister, Von Flue Choke, Windshield Wiper Choke/Head & Arm Choke

Positions:
Back Control, Back Control from Turtle, Butterfly Guard, Can Opener Neck Crank, Over-Under Clinch, Closed Guard, Crucifix, Double Underhooks, Half Guard, Half Guard Lockdown, Side Control, Half Guard with Hook/Butterfly, Head & Arm Control, Judo Side Control, Mission Control, Mount, North-South, Open Guard, Overhooks, Plum/Muay Thai Clinch, Posture in Guard, Quarter Guard, Rear Mount, Turtle, Underhooks, X-Guard

Sweeps:
Double Ankle Sweep from Guard, Electric Chair Sweep, Elevator/Butterfly Sweep, Half Guard Escape to Single Leg, Hip Heist Sweep, Old School Sweep, Scissor Sweep, 100% Sweep