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Famous American grapplers include Martin “Farmer” Burns (1861-1937) and Frank Gotch 1878-1917 -
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, In 1914, a Kodokan Judo master by the name of Mitsuyo Maeda taught Brazil’s Carlos Gracie -
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Maeda befriended Gastão Gracie and began to teach Gastão’s son, Carlos Gracie the art of Judo -
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Bruce Lee
Developed in America by the infamous Bruce Lee in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s -
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mixed martial arts matches being put on by Antonio Inoki in Japan in the 1970’s -
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the UFC® organization brought MMA to the United States -
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Ultimate Fighting Championship event took place on November 12, 1993 -
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three fans of the sport saw past their unfortunate record and saw the potential of a real sports league where no one discipline dominated -
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the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board drafted and adopted rules known as the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts under which the sport is now governed -
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fighting event that became a part of the Olympic Games in 648 B.C -
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