Many companies promote MMA cards, with the U.S. based Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) the most dominant.

[4] Gene LeBell v. Milo Savage, a judoka and a boxer respectively, was thought to be one of the earliest examples of MMA in the United States.

[7] In the United States, the fight sold at least 2 million or more pay-per-view buys on closed-circuit theater TV, but received mixed reactions from audiences.

During that year the company renamed the brand to Super Fighters and sanctioned ten regulated tournaments in Pennsylvania.

[19] At one time the sport was banned in most parts of the United States, which was spearheaded by John McCain who called MMA human cockfighting.

[27][28] Legislation allowing MMA in Connecticut came into effect on October 1, 2013, making it the 47th state to regulate the sport.

This was soon followed by an IFC four women tournament sanctioned by the Louisiana Boxing and Wrestling Commission on September 5, 1997 in Baton Rouge.

[32] All female Mixed Martial Arts Organization Invicta FC is based out of Enka, North Carolina.