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What is TKO (technical knockout) in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)?

A stoppage without the opponent being fully unconscious: the referee intervenes because a fighter is no longer intelligently defending, the doctor rules them unfit to continue, or their corner throws in the towel.

Example: The doctor waved it off between rounds — a TKO win on cuts.

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