Mixed martial arts
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Mixed martial arts is a full-contact combat sport based on striking and grappling, incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world.
Junior dos Santos vs. Shane Carwin, the main event of UFC 131 in Vancouver in 2011
A Chinese martial artist preparing to throw his opponent during a lei tai contest in ancient China
The Pancrastinae: a statue portraying the pancratium, an event which took place in the Roman Colosseum. Even as late as the Early Middle Ages, statues were put up in Rome and other cities to honor remarkable pankratiasts. This statue, now part of the Uffizi collection, is a Roman copy of a lost Greek original, circa 3rd century BC.
Bruce Lee popularized the concept of mixed martial arts via his hybrid philosophy of Jeet Kune Do during the late 1960s to early 1970s.
Vale Tudo
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Vale Tudo or vale-tudo, also known as No Holds Barred in the United States, is an unarmed, full-contact fighting style or competition format characterized by having very few rules. Popular in Brazil d
Panel by Alfredo Storni featuring capoeirista Ciríaco defeating jujitsu fighter Sada Miyako with a rabo de arraia kick, O Malho, 1909.
Rickson Gracie (top) does rabbit punches on Rei Zulu's head while he's on turtle position, 1980
Rickson Gracie vs Rei Zulu
Shootist Yuki Nakai fights UFC 1 finalist Gerard Gordeau at Vale Tudo Japan 1995