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What is No contest in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)?

A fight ruled to have no result — most often when an accidental foul (like an eye poke or clash of heads) makes a fighter unable to continue before enough rounds are completed, or when a result is overturned afterwards.

Example: The eye poke in round one turned the bout into a no contest.

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