To define MMA as only a mix of martial arts just sounds stupid. To say I train in MMA and we do this or that brings up more questions than answers. I have read people saying they practice a careful blend of arts but what does that mean? How can you blend arts unless you have spent years in each art of the so called "blend". I have met fighters who trained in several displines long before it was fashionable. Why is it MMA today and before it was just practicing several fighting styles? Just what defines MMA????? It has to be more than just fighting in an octagon.