MMA History for the Holidays

by Nate Wilcox on Dec 26, 2011 10:00 AM EST in MMA History

For Boxing Day, a celebration of Britain's feudal past, I thought I'd share my aging MMA History series. I wasn't as diligent as planned in 2011, didn't add any installments, but I swear I'll do more this year!

Read a few you might learn something!

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

XVII: The Lion's Den Roars

XVIII: The Losses of Luta Livre

XVI: Rico Chiapparelli and the RAW Team

XIX: The Humbled PRIDE of Nobuhiko Takada

XX: Kazushi Sakuraba and Frank Shamrock Emerge at Ultimate Japan

XXI: The Amazing UFC Championship Run of Frank Shamrock

XXII: Catch Wrestling and Kazushi Sakuraba's Early PRIDE Run

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Nice one Nate, i loved this series. The rivalry between the Lions Den and Tank Abbott has never had much coverage, it was the origin of the mainstream Tito and Ken feud but happened before the Zuffa era and has never been explored.
Just looking at Kens physique vs Royce, Taktarov and Severn, it seems like he was really going hard on the steroids and would have atomised a piss test in todays MMA.

by sheikybaby on Dec 26, 2011 11:02 AM EST reply actions