| Mixed Martial Arts is all about using any
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| | some of their no holds barred antics.
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| move or technique learned in basically
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| | Because of this, many people held
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| any martial art to defeat an opponent,
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| | anything goes matches and more often than
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| therefore it can be difficult to place
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| | not, the wrestler won. In Europe, Jiu
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| its exact creation or inception in
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| | Jitsu versus boxing matches were held,
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| history. Of course, the earliest contact
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| | and sometimes, it was boxing versus other
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| sport or martial art with very few rules
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| | styles as well. There was definitely a
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| (or a no holds barred concept) was called
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| | demand for both people who wanted to
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| pankration and was started in Greece
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| | study Mixed Martial Arts and observers
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| around the year 648 B.C., taking its
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| | who wanted to watch competitions for
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| place among other sports in the Olympic
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| | sport or show.
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| Games.
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| | Not surprisingly, a major catalyst in the
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| It can be safely said that while
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| | creation of Mixed Martial Arts was the
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| pankration may have been the parent sport
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| | one and only Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee formed
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| of other full-contact combat styles, it
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| | his own styles by making use of different
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| was too early a form to have any direct
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| | styles such as Karate, fencing, boxing,
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| influence itself. However, it has taken
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| | Jiu Jitsu, wrestling and more to allow
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| on many techniques from the sports and
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| | him to use what he felt were the best
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| martial arts that pankration had spawned.
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| | defenses and the best attacks from each
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| Wrestling is one of its greatest
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| | martial art. In addition to Bruce Lee, a
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| influencers and to the untrained eye, a
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| | prominent figure is a man by the name of
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| Mixed Martial Arts competition or match
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| | Royce Gracie who in 1993 won the very
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| can be mistaken for a modern wrestling
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| | first Ultimate Fighting Championship. It
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| match. It was during the late 1800's
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| | was after this that it gained a heavy
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| that wrestling and boxing became popular
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| | cult following and began to spark
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| and participants such as John L. Sullivan
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| | interest across the globe.
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| and William Muldoon were well known for
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