Even historically speaking, MMA predates boxing by quite a bit of time. MMA fighting took birth during the Greek era, sometime around 648 BCE. In fact, MMA was one of the competitive sports played during the ancient Olympic games, a tradition of combat sports that sportstv continues to celebrate and cover with in-depth analysis and updates. While boxing as a sport only came into proper existence sometime around the 16th century. So, in some ways, the recent popularity of MMA fighting sports is also a resurgence of what combat sports once looked like.
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