TY - JOUR AU - Acevedo, William AU - Cheung, Mei PY - 2012/05/27 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A Historical Overview of Mixed Martial Arts in China JF - Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas JA - Rev. artes marciales asiát. VL - 6 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.18002/rama.v6i2.6 UR - https://revistas.unileon.es/ojs/index.php/artesmarciales/article/view/6 SP - 29-44 AB - Mixed martial arts (MMA) has become one of the fastest-growing combat sports in the twenty-first century, drawing millions of Pay-Per-View spectators since the inception of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in 1993. Popular conceptions have credited the creation of MMA to Bruce Lee, a Chinese-American actor and martial artist who became an icon in the 1970s and who is still considered by many as a revolutionary figure in the field. This paper will present, in chronological order, examples of ancient Chinese martial arts concepts preceding the creation of modern MMA. ER -