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- Ultimate Full Contact WUFC World ChampionshipPublication . Pinto, Fernando Casimiro Loio; Ferraz, Ricardo Manuel Pires; Neiva, Henrique PereiraThe technical-tactical factor has proved a determinant dynamic to win in combat sports. The representative knowledge on this subject is presented as an asset to optimize training and fighters’ performance. However, studies in hybrid full contact combat sports are limited. Thus, the main purpose of this investigation was to analyses the technical-tactical performance of global top-ranked fighters in the World Ultimate Full Contact Championships held annually in Portugal between 2008 and 2017. For integral understanding of the phenomenon, the following holistic approach was used: (i) reviewing the available literature; ii) reporting the theoretical basis of technical-tactical behavior and its application in ultimate full contact training; (iii) investigating ultimate full contact offensive efficiency analyzed through styles and combat distances; (iv) investigating anticipated, simultaneous and posterior counterattack efficiency in ultimate full contact; (v) investigating ultimate full contact defensive efficiency and ground fighting control, interrelating the different technical-tactical skills; and (vi) characterizing ultimate full contact fight outcomes in terms of methods, occurrence times and technical-tactical developments. The main conclusion was: (i) the technical-tactical performance requires ultimate full contact fighters to be efficient in all gestural and behavioural dynamics, supported by cognitive and dynamic-ecological approaches; (ii) it is not enough to be efficient only in ground fighting or only in stand-up fighting, or to be efficient offensively without being efficient defensively or counter-offensively, iii) and to act spontaneously to contextual opportunities without rationally opting for biomechanically correct action, properly adjusted to opportunities and at the right time; (iv) there are multiple interrelated variables of performance which must be developed in an all-inclusive and balanced way for the best performance in combat—i.e., styles and skills versatility and automation, contextual adaptability and seizing opportunity (distances and opponent stimulus), unpredictability, anticipation, combinations, fighting control, decision-making and perception, associated with volitional capacity and adjusted physiological intensities.