![ufc mcgregor](https://mmahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1.png)
2016+ ENDEAVOR ERA
WME-IMG buys UFC for $4 Billion
McGregor vs Mayweather spectacle
![fedor mma](https://mmahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/7.png)
1997 – Pride
![ufc](https://mmahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/3.png)
1995-UFC-SEG ERA
Bob Meyrowitz takes the reigns
Criticized by Senator John McCain
Refined the sport by working with State
Athletic Commissions.
![dana white zuffa](https://mmahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/6.png)
2001-ZUFFA ERA
Monetized MMA
Monopolizes market
(buys Pride, Strikeforce
merge WEC)
Fox Partnership (2010).
![royce gracie](https://mmahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/8.png)
1993 UFC-WOW ERA
Global introduction of MMA: PPV
Gracie Jiu-Jitsu explosion
Key Players Art Davie, John Milius,
and Rorion Gracie
![CV Productions mma](https://mmahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/10.png)
1979 – TOUGH GUYS
Bill Viola writes the first codified set of rules
Birth of American MMA sport/league-1980
Introduction of organized/regulated MMA
![shooto](https://mmahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/9.png)
1986-SHOOTO SAYAMA SATORU
Shoot wrestling hybrid
![bruce lee](https://mmahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/11.png)
EARLY 1970’S BRUCE LEE
Enter The Dragon boom
![ali vs inoki mma fight](https://mmahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/17.png)
1976-ALI VS INOKI
Boxer vs Wrestler contest
![vale tudo](https://mmahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/12.png)
1920’S-VALE TUDO
NHB Mixed-fights “sideshows” popular
contests around the world including
catch wrestling.
![Gene Lebell vs milo savage](https://mmahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/16.png)
1963-GENE LEBELL VS MILO SAVAGE
First televised mixed-fight contest
![mma history](https://mmahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/13.png)
648 BC
PANKRATION
![bjj](https://mmahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/15.png)
1914-MITSUYO MAEDA
Prize-fighting Judoka settles in Brazil.
Teaches the Gracies Judo who in turn
morph the art into “BrazilianJiu-Jitsu.
![mixed fight](https://mmahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/4.png)
1992 Pancrase
Hybrid of pro wrestling and MMA
![ufc mcgregor](https://mmahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1.png)
2016+ ENDEAVOR ERA
WME-IMG buys UFC for $4 Billion
McGregor vs Mayweather spectacle
![psac](https://mmahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/5.png)
1983 – MMA OUTLAWED
Tough Guy Law” PA Senate Bill 632
bans the sport. Major setback.
First legal precedent in history.
![budo](https://mmahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/14.png)
TURN OF THE CENTURY KARATE JUDO SPREADS
Influenced by ancient Chinese and Indian
martial arts.