tap-out

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tap-out

Sports medicine A hand signal from a combatant in ultimate fighting that signals surrender, usually evoked by a submission hold–eg, a choke hold or joint-lock. See Ultimate fighting. Cf Marquis of Queensbury rules.

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And he had a lot of tap-outs in the second half where he just got a hand on the ball and tapped it back out to guys waiting around at the top of the key.

Greyhounds exploit SNH mismatches

And action they got all the way as professional fighters from eight different countries - and backgrounds as diverse as professional boxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu and kickboxing - produced knockouts, tap-outs and excitement by the fistful.

Boxing: Fight fever hits the North-east; ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP

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