MMA Family Tree Timeline
Mixed Martial Arts MMA family tree
| Endeavor Era | 2017 | 4 billion dollar price tag | connor mcgregor | ||||
| Mainstream | 2005 | Ultimate Fighter on Spike saves UFC | |||||
| UFC-Zuffa Era | 2001 | moneitzed it | |||||
| Pride | 1997 | Competition to UFC | |||||
| UFC-SEG Era | 1995 | refinded it | |||||
| UFC- WOW Era | 1993 | global introduction | Gracie Jiu-Jitsu explosion | ||||
| Pancrase | 1992 | hybrid of pro wrestling and mma | |||||
| Shooto | 1986 | shoot wrestling hybrid | Sayama Satoru | ||||
| Tough Guy Law | 1983 | PA Sentate Bill 632 Outlaws mixed martial arts | |||||
| Tough Guys | 1979 | Birth of American MMA sport/league | 1980 Pennsylvania Senate Bill 632 Outlaws MMA (Tough Guy Law) | ||||
| Ali vs Inoki | 1976 | Boxer vs Wrestler reemerge | |||||
| Bruce Lee | Early 1970s | Enter The Dragon boom | |||||
| Gene LeBell vs Milo Savage | 1963 | First televised mixed-fight | |||||
| Vale Tudo | 1920s | mixed-fights sideshows popular around the world | |||||
| Mitsuyo Maeda | 1914 | Prize fighting Judoka settles in brazil. Teaches the Gracies Judo who inturn morph it into Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | |||||
| Karate & Judo spread | turn of century | ||||||
| Pankration | 648 BC | ||||||
| Dawn of mankind | indigenous forms of hand to hand combat fighting develops around the world | ||||||
| Roots of MMA | |||||||
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