How the UFC began

The first ever UFC event was held in 1993,it was a set up to on the premise to discover the world's best fighting style but in reality the tournament was set up by the gracie family in order to promote gracie jujitsu.It was a very different tournament compared to the one we see on TV today, there was basically no rules and no time limit.Each competitor was representing his own particular fighting style, it was boxer vs karate and wrestler vs kick boxer and so on.Royce Gracie was the winner of this first event, his style was Brazilian jujitsu a ground fighting system developed by his family.He won simply because he took figthter's out of their comfort zone, when he fought he would take his opponent to the ground and submit them.A Pro kickboxer that was on the ground with Royce might as well been a priest or a accountant because he could not use his skills on the ground therefor he was defenseless.This led to the realisation that if you were to enter this competition you had to be well versed in ground and stand up fighting and this is how Mixed Martial Arts[MMA] came about.In 2001 a company called Zuffa bought the UFC they got it sanctioned and put it on cabel telivision they added more rules and regulations and they brought the sport of MMA into the main stream.This is the ufc we see today.

What is the ufc

The UFC is short for Ultimate Fighting Championships they are the biggest and most famous mixed martial arts promotion in the world.They put on regular events and their fighters are the best in the world.If you were wondering what Mixed Martial Arts[MMA] is its basically what the name suggests,its a mixture of different fighting styles for ex sample Boxing,kickboxing,karate,wrestling,judo,Brazilian jujitsu and many more.Competitors can kick punch, elbow and grapple their opponent but their are rules such as no eye gouging of any kind no biting no head butting just to name a few their a total of 31 rules that can be viewed at http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=LearnUFC.Rules Fighters can win by decision knockout or submission. The sport is sanctioned and legal and despite its appearance has proven to be safe due to its rules regulations and refereeing, no fighter in the ufc has ever had a serious injury.But it is a combat sport and of course their has been minor injury's however they are noting we haven't seen in other sports such as boxing and football.