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Episode 5: "Turn On, Tune in, & Tap Out": Analyzing UFC 1 as a Primary Source
To the casual observer, the Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC, may come across as little more than modern gladiatorial combat. However, a closer look will reveal that the mixed martial arts tournament that began in 1993 is far more complex and regulated. UFC, meet EPS on this episode of the Everything is a Primary Source Podcast
Professor Dan Hipp is a neuroscientist as well as a practitioner of jujitsu. I was happy to have him appear on my program again, this time to discuss how the First Ultimate Fighting Championship acts as not only a document of the early 1990s, but also marks the start of a revolution in spectator pugilism.
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By Eric PaulTo the casual observer, the Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC, may come across as little more than modern gladiatorial combat. However, a closer look will reveal that the mixed martial arts tournament that began in 1993 is far more complex and regulated. UFC, meet EPS on this episode of the Everything is a Primary Source Podcast
Professor Dan Hipp is a neuroscientist as well as a practitioner of jujitsu. I was happy to have him appear on my program again, this time to discuss how the First Ultimate Fighting Championship acts as not only a document of the early 1990s, but also marks the start of a revolution in spectator pugilism.