# Mixed Martial Arts: MMA will make its Asian Games debut next year when Japan hosts the continent’s premier sporting event. Cricket was also formally approved for inclusion at the Games during a meeting in host city Nagoya. MMA will feature six events in its Asian Games debut and be classed as a discipline under combat sports. As many as 15-thousand athletes could compete at the Games from 19 September to 4 October, more participants than the Olympics.
Mixed Martial Arts: MMA included in 2026 Asian Games