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Sporting Witness: The First Ultimate Fighting Championship

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The First Ultimate Fighting Championship

11/11/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, The First Ultimate Fighting Championship

How the fast-growing sport of mixed martial arts was launched in America in 1993.

In November 1993, eight fighters from a range of martial arts disciplines took part in the first ever “Ultimate Fighting Championship” in Denver, Colorado. The controversial and often bloody event was a huge success and marked the beginning of one of the world’s fastest growing sports. Ashley Byrne talks to the promoter, Art Davie.

PHOTO: Action fro the first Ultimate Fighting Championship in 1993 (Getty Images Sport)

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