NEW NORMAL? NOT EVEN CLOSE!
Jul 21, 2020
2 minutes
— Robert W. Young, Editor-in-Chief
It’s 1993. You’ve just seen an advertisement in Black Belt for a competition called the Ultimate Fighting Championship, scheduled to take place in Denver on November 12. It promises to pit one martial art against another in an eight-man tournament. You sign up for the pay-per-view show and can’t wait to watch
As the fighting unfolds,. You’ve never heard of it, but that’s OK — you’re used to keeping an open mind when it comes to what works and what doesn’t. The style revolves around ground fighting, a skill set you’ve never really investigated. Gracie defeats three opponents in a single evening and goes home with $50,000.
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