“France has become a real MMA country”: the UFC arrives in Paris, the epilogue of a long fight

Only three years ago, the fantastic evening which is announced this September 3 at the Accor Arena (Paris XII) would have been totally impossible. MMA (“mixed martial arts”) fights, this sport which mixes all the techniques of combat sports, from judo to boxing through wrestling, ju-jitsu and many others, were prohibited on the territory. French. He was considered too dangerous, almost barbaric. Along with Norway and Thailand, France remained one of the few countries in the world to ban it.

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