If there's one thing this modern age has taught us, it's that nothing stays the same for long.
The tired old conventions we adhered to in the name of tradition are steadily being replaced by new, innovative and exciting concepts designed to spur our species on to even greater achievements. We live in an age where a corporation can send a person into space. Where Formula One can be challenged by drivers fuelled with little more than patriotism. And if you think Boxing is boring and nowhere near brutal enough, you can invent an alternative.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship emerged as a valid sport in the early 1990's, and quickly gained a reputation for brutality and lawlessness amongst practitioners. After the growing popularity of Martial Arts through the 1970's and 80's, debate reached a fever pitch as to which was the best, and in part this fighting league was created to settle the score. As a result, the sport has not only evolved to cater to mixed disciplines, it's managed to shape and enhance the disciplines themselves, resulting in new techniques and increased combat effectiveness.