There’s more to modern MMA than Zuffa and the UFC.
The current incarnation of the sport has been influenced by many figures and happenings in the past that have been forgotten or were never known well in the first place.
However, this doesn’t mean that more recent developments don’t impact modern MMA—they do.
But, were some of these modern events as important as the older ones? Which developments in MMA history are most responsible for bringing us the product we have now? Read and find out but keep in mind one can’t quantify “influence,” so the slides aren’t ranked in any way.