Saturday's Ultimate Fighting Championship match will look like golf compared to the ancient Greek sport of pankration, which was added to the Olympics in 648 B.C.

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MINSK, 18 November (BelTA) – Belarus won four medals at the UWW World Pankration Championships in Rome, BelTA learned from spokesman for the Belarusian Pankration and Mixed Martial Arts ...

Within Rome, the first gladiatorial combats are recorded as happening in 264 B.C. Prior to this time, it was common for aristocrats to sacrifice prisoners on the graves of heroic warriors.