Recreation and Sports26 May 2010 08:43 pm
Combat Sports Through The Years
Did you know throughout the ages, different styles of martial arts, boxing and wrestling have competed against each other to see which style is best. Unarmed combat sports were common place in Roman times and in ancient Greece and Egypt, so MMA is certainly not a new sport! MMA today combines aspects of various martial arts. Rather than fighters being highly proficient in just one martial art, MMA fighters need to know several to be an effective fighter. A successful MMA fighter will need to be able to punch and block using boxing techniques, grapple like a wrestler and perform submission moves like a judo player. One big difference though is the trendy MMA Shorts that they get to wear in the cage.