Mixed martial arts will make its Asian Games debut next year in Nagoya, Japan, while cricket will remain on the programme after its controversial return at Hangzhou, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said.

MMA will feature in six events and be classed as a discipline under contact sports along with the Japanese martial art of ju-jitsu and kurash, a Central Asian wrestling sport.

Olympic Council of Asia says MMA will feature six events but there is uncertainty over where the cricket matches will be played in Nagoya.