What's The Hardest Combat Sport?

Опубликовано: 17 Июль 2026
на канале: Sven Koch
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What's the hardest combat sport? Blood lactate is a key marker of exercise intensity. By measuring post-fight lactate levels, we can determine which combat sport is the most metabolically taxing.

Watch the top 10 martial arts ranked by blood lactate to determine the toughest combat sport in the world!

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Freestyle Wrestling

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Greco-Roman Wrestling

https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

Mixed Martial Arts

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Boxing

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Kickboxing

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Muay Thai

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Karate

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Taekwondo

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Judo

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Jiu-Jitsu

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