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Podcast: Witness History
Episode: Creation of the UFC
Description: In 1993, a new combat sport was born. Its founders called it the Ultimate Fighting Championship – UFC.It pitted all forms of mixed martial arts against each other with little to no rules and all contained in an octagon-shaped cage.The first contest between a Samoan sumo wrestler and a Dutch kickboxer resulted in several teeth flying through the air.It didn’t take long for the sensation to attract some big critics including the late US senator John McCain. He wanted it banned and labelled it a "human cockfight".One of the...