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French savate fighters wanted to test their techniques against the traditional combat styles of its time. The mid-19th century saw the prominence of the new sport savate in the combat sports circle. Norman Gardiner, 'No branch of athletics was more popular than the pankration.' There is also evidence of similar mixed combat sports in Ancient Egypt, India and Japan.

The fighters, called pankratiasts, fought until someone could not continue or signaled submission by raising their index finger there were no rounds. All strikes and holds were allowed with the exception of biting and gouging, which were banned. Pankration was formed by combining the already established wrestling and boxing traditions and, in Olympic terms, first featured in the 33rd Olympiad in 648 BC. In Ancient Greece, there was a sport called pankration, which featured grappling and striking skills similar to those found in modern MMA. Originally found on a Panathenaic amphora, Lamberg Collection.

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10 Legality of professional competitionsД®arly history Antiquity ДЄ scene of Ancient Greek pankratiasts fighting.8.2 International Mixed Martial Arts Federation.8.1 World Mixed Martial Arts Association.Following these changes, the sport has seen increased popularity with a pay-per-view business that rivals boxing and professional wrestling. MMA promoters were pressured to adopt additional rules to increase competitors' safety, to comply with sport regulations and to broaden mainstream acceptance of the sport. Later, individual fighters incorporated multiple martial arts into their style. Originally promoted as a competition to find the most effective martial arts for real unarmed combat, competitors from different fighting styles were pitted against one another in contests with relatively few rules. The company held an event with almost no rules, mostly due to the influence of Art Davie and Rorion Gracie attempting to replicate Vale Tudo fights that existed in Brazil and would later implement a different set of rules (example: eliminating kicking a grounded opponent), which differed from other leagues which were more in favour of realistic, street like fights. In the 1990s, the Gracie family brought their Brazilian jiu-jitsu style, first developed in Brazil from the 1920s, to the United States вЂ“ which culminated in the founding of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) promotion company in 1993. However, in 1983 the Pennsylvania State Senate passed a bill prohibiting the sport. The company sanctioned ten tournaments in Pennsylvania. created the first regulated MMA league in the United States, called Tough Guy Contest, which was later renamed Battle of the Superfighters. Inoki exhibition bout (which ended in a draw after 15 rounds), fought between boxer Muhammad Ali and wrestler Antonio Inoki in Japan, where it later inspired the foundation of Pancrase in 1993 and the Pride Fighting Championships in 1997.

A precursor to modern MMA was the 1976 Ali vs. The Gracie family was known to promote Vale Tudo matches as a way to promote their own Brazilian jiu-jitsu style.

In Brazil, there was the sport of Vale Tudo, in which fighters from various styles fought with little to no rules. Дuring the early 20th century, various interstylistic contests took place throughout Japan and in the countries of the Four Asian Tigers. The question of who actually coined the term is subject to debate. The first documented use of the term mixed martial arts was in a review of UFC 1 by television critic Howard Rosenberg in 1993. Mixed martial arts ( MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred ( NHB), and ultimate fighting, is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. International Mixed Martial Arts Federation Shane Carwin, main event of UFC 131 in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2011

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