How Global Connection Has Changed Combat Sports

From Boxing to Wrestling to MMA to Muay Thai, People all across the world watch, practice, and learn about combat sports and the history of them. Global connections have changed combat sports as opposed to how they have been practiced for centuries, especially in America. Americans have utilized these global connections to build the fighting industry into what it is today. Along with the fighting industry, large scale combat sport events have affected other industries like gambling, tourism, etc. Although many positive things have come from this, much goes unnoticed within this industry. Injuries amongst professional athletes, pay disputes, usage of illegal performance-enhancing substances, and CTE. Because global connection has changed the entirety of combat sports so much, and televised calculated violence has become so popular, that It is paramount that these events are covered. In order to do this, I compiled information on the lives of those who have changed this industry, as well as how it has grown and what has come from it. Because of global connection via social media and international travel,

While styles of martial arts such as Kung Fu were popularized in movies and television by icons like Bruce Lee, Jean Claude Van Damme, and Bolo Yeung, the Gracie family introduced a new style of fighting by the name of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in the 1970’s. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu changed the entire MMA scene by introducing a style of submission wrestling that allowed the user to subdue an opponent of much larger stature. This meant that a grappler could defeat a talented striker with ease, and dominate the fight with ease. This illusive style rapidly gained a large following and consumed organized combat sports like the UFC and