ABOUT THE SPORT

• Mixed Martial Arts is the fastest growing and most popular combat sport in the world.
• The goal is to defeat your opponent with strikes, joint locks or choke holds.
• MMA has its roots from the original Olympics in the Pankration games. The sport has recently been globally popularized in the early 1990s by the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
• MMA allows competitors from different styles of martial arts to compete against each other, such as: Boxing, Jiu Jitsu, Judo, Kickboxing, Karate, Kungfu, Sambo, Wrestling, etc.
• MMA is the toughest and most demanding sport in the world, MMA athletes are the modern day Gladiators.