History of Mixed Martial Arts

Fighting has been around since the dawn of mankind. When man first came to know woman, a shorter, more insecure man immediately started some shit. This proto dwarf was promptly bludgeoned to death by the full sized man's mighty hamhocks. For thousands of years tiny dudes with complexes got their shit ruined on the daily. This phenomena was worsened with the discovery of alcohol, as now even regular folk decided they needed to prove their worth by picking fights for no discernable reason. These unstructured and unruly brawls continued until approximately 410 B.C.. A young Plato was discussing the possibility of achieving truth of self by confronting conflict with his mentor, Socrates. Socrates suggested that they engage in fisticuffs to test this theory. Plato was hesistant as he knew that Socrates was old and possibly frail, but if he refused he would be cowering away not only from conflict, but from discovery. Feigning confidence Plato raised his fists and locked eyes with Socrates. Before he could think to throw a punch, Plato was off his feet and hurtling backwards towards the ground. When he awoke, the foundation for both MMA and Western Culture were laid out beside him*.

Then for like two thousand years absolutely nothing happened.

The UFC began in 93, and although they were certainly not the first, and arguably not the best, they were in English. The first event featured english speaking white dreamboat Ken Shamrock, and some other guys. UFC 1 served as not only a launching board for the sport in North America, but also began the trend of Ken Shamrock being a useless piece of garbage. The first UFCs were absolutely awful, but if are interesting to watch if you are a big nerd. They clearly outline the evolution of the sport, in rules, skill, production and even fans. Current MMA events are attended by A List celebrities such as Rob Schneider and Chriss Angel, whereas the closest thing the early UFC had to celebrities was the fellow in the insert.

At UFC 12 a young Joe Rogan began working as an interviewer for the UFC, and the world was forever changed.

Within a decade of hiring Rogan the UFC had moved from being politically and publicly ostricized to being legitimized via America's One True Art, reality television. Although Rogan is far too modest to accept all the credit, we all know who to thank for MMA's recent boom in popularity.

Also some stuff happened in Japan I don't know watch these videos

*double legs, cheating