Welcome to MMA, Here's the History of the Sport

by Kid Nate on Jun 2, 2008 2:01 PM EDT in MMA News

In the aftermath of the biggest weekend in MMA history, our traffic here at Bloody Elbow has roughly doubled.

Many of you folks are just learning about the sport for the first time.

In the interest of catching you up, here's a 15 part series I've been working on for the past two years that covers most of the first decade of modern mma, 1993-1997. I swear I'll be posting more soon, but these links are a good place to start learning more now -- tons of videos of legendary fights in every link.

Enjoy.

I: UFC 1 Pancrase meets BJJ
II: The Ur-Brazilian MMA Feud: BJJ vs Luta Livre and the Style They Never Saw Coming
III: More on Japan
IV: Rickson Brings Jiu Jitsu Back to Japan
V: The Reign of Royce
VI: A Dutch Detour
VII: A New Phase in the UFC
VIII: From Russia With Leglocks
IX: Strikers Attack
X: The Reign of the Wrestlers
XI: Carlson Gracie's Mighty Camp
XII: End of the UFC Glory Days
XIII: Coleman Gets His Kicks
XIV: Boom and Bust in Brazil
XV: Pancrase, RINGS, and Shooto 1996

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by Luke Thomas on Jun 2, 2008 2:28 PM EDT reply actions

It’s nice to have all 15 of these linked in one place rather than linking people to the 15th one.

Intentional Blog on Balls

by Richard Wade on Jun 2, 2008 2:30 PM EDT reply actions

Seriously...

These are great pieces and I’ve turned a lot of new fans on to them. They’re like little bonus discs in the Special Edition DVD of modern MMA in that you get some inside thoughts and some bonus videos.

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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 2, 2008 2:41 PM EDT reply actions

great stuff..i’ve told you before how good a job you’ve done with these…... is there a way to sticky this somewhere to the side so that it can be a permanent resource for the site?

by robnashville on Jun 2, 2008 3:15 PM EDT reply actions

that's a great idea

I think we can figure that out

by Kid Nate on Jun 2, 2008 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Yea those are great pieces. I’m glad you guys are getting more traffic.

by Yasnian on Jun 2, 2008 3:59 PM EDT reply actions

XVI: TUF

"They said you was hung!!"

"And they was RIGHT!"

by BJJDenver on Jun 2, 2008 6:19 PM EDT reply actions

and thanks for the links!

"They said you was hung!!"

"And they was RIGHT!"

by BJJDenver on Jun 2, 2008 6:19 PM EDT reply actions

Wow, awesome! I love your ambition here.

by swarmofkillermonkeys on Jun 2, 2008 11:44 PM EDT reply actions

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Thanks for posting this. I’m new to this site, but have been following the sport for a very long time. It’s nice to have all that information compressed for the newcomers.

by PatrickGray on Jun 3, 2008 9:36 AM EDT reply actions