The sport of submission wrestling brings together techniques from Freestyle Wrestling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Folk American Wrestling (Catch-as-catch-can), Judo and Sambo. Submission grappling as an element of a larger sport setting is very common in mixed martial arts, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu no-Gi, Pankration, catch wrestling, shootfighting, shooto and others.
Grappling can be trained for self defense, sport and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition.