![]() ![]() Grapplers easily took standup fighters to the ground jiu-jitsu experts opportunely used leverage to yank on limbs at the joint as if bending apart Buffalo wings. The sweet science of boxing suddenly seemed a wayward hypothesis. This mingling of martial arts was an eye-opener. Vigorous old arguments were being settled about who could best whom, the prizefighter or the Olympic wrestler, the Kung Fu black belt or his judo counterpart. ![]() events were big successes, and not only because blood flowed as freely as sweat. The blow left two teeth embedded in the attacker’s foot, with a third flying into the crowd. In the beginning, the Ultimate Fighting Championship was like a brawl at a carnival, the mismatched combatants entering an octagonal cage to go at it until there was a “knockout, surrender, doctor’s intervention or death.” The very first match pitted a 415-pound sumo wrestler against a Dutch kickboxer who zestfully launched his foot into the bigger man’s face.
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