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Pankronicles - The Secret History of MMA

A portmanteau of Pankration, the very first sport of mixed martial arts practiced by the greeks, and chronicles, in Pankronicles's Luke Thomas narrates the true story of MMA... the one the UFC never told you. Starting with the very first Ultimate Fighting Championship, the series looks back at its roots in Japanese jujutsu and Western professional wrestling - by way of Brazilian vale tudo and jiu-jitsu and Japanese puroresu - and forward as it evolves into not only a global sport but its own martial art.