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File:UFC_131_Carwin_vs._JDS.jpgA Chinese martial artist preparing to throw his opponent during a lei tai contest in ancient ChinaThe 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.Ancient Greek pankratiasts fighting. This drawing is an early 20th century copy of a scene from a Panathenaic amphora.[16]Panel by Alfredo Storni featuring capoeirista Ciríaco defeating jujitsu fighter Sada Miyako with a rabo de arraia kick, O Malho, 1909.Masahiko Kimura vs. Hélio Gracie, a 1951 bout between Japanese judo fighter Masahiko Kimura and Brazilian jiu jitsu founder Hélio Gracie in Brazil, was an early high-profile mixed martial arts bout.Bruce Lee popularized the concept of mixed martial arts via his hybrid philosophy of Jeet Kune Do during the late 1960s to early 1970s.Yuki Nakai fights UFC 1 finalist Gerard Gordeau at Vale Tudo Japan 1995.A "soccer kick", movement where the fighter kicks the head of a downed opponent. While common in vale tudo, early MMA and Japanese promotions, the soccer kick has been banned from the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts.MMA gloves. They are fingerless gloves which allow both striking and grappling to occur.UFC 74; Clay Guida vs. Marcus AurelioFile:Fedor_vs_Coleman.JPGFile:Chris_Weidman_knock_out_Anderson_Silva_at_UFC_162..jpgGroundfighting in MMA. Differently from other grappling-based martial arts, you are allowed to strike your opponent when fighting on the ground.Fighter performs a takedown on his opponent.

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