The 1980s Hong Kong martial arts championship that foreshadowed MMA

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In the early 1980s, a group of kung fu enthusiasts began staging the Full Contact Boxing championships. The rules allowed fighters to use a wide range of techniques in bouts which for several years became one of the city’s most-followed sporting events – and a foretaste of the mixed martial arts (MMA) scene that would eventually take the world by storm. The South China Morning Post caught up with the founders of Full Contact Boxing to learn about the challenges they faced – including…

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