{"id":180238,"date":"2015-12-21T16:04:41","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T00:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=180238"},"modified":"2022-02-04T16:38:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T00:38:28","slug":"brutal-beginnings-of-the-ufc-fighting-for-a-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/brutal-beginnings-of-the-ufc-fighting-for-a-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Brutal Beginnings of the UFC:  Fighting for a Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brutal beginnings of the UFC\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zuzImQo7cdg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Fighting for a Generation re-lives the brutal early days of the UFC, when Royce Gracie and his unstoppable jiu-jitsu tore through the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>With the UFC on the biggest stage in MMA many of us who witnessed the early 90&#8217;s matches were truly brutal. \u00a0Heavy reform of the sport took place in the late 90&#8217;s which eventually led to a sanctioned <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/20-rare-mma-submissions-from-real-fights-amazing-video\/\">MMA<\/a> event at \u00a0<i><a title=\"UFC 28\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UFC_28\">UFC 28<\/a><\/i>, under the <a title=\"New Jersey State Athletic Control Board\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Jersey_State_Athletic_Control_Board\">New Jersey State Athletic Control Board<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;Unified Rules&#8221;on 2000 .<\/p>\n<p>The benefit that most MMA supporters of those early days saw was an opportunity to separate fantasy martial arts from highly effective martial arts. \u00a0UFC allowed the growth of the sport and most importantly the truth within the martial arts style and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/technique-butterfly-guard-attacks-watch\/\">technique<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fighting for a Generation re-lives the brutal early days of the UFC, when Royce Gracie and his unstoppable jiu-jitsu tore through the tournament. 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