CAPCOM invented MMA

[Rondas Pillow]

Street Fighter 2 was about a tournament of fighters all from different disciplines fighting to see who was the best.

Ryu and Ken - Karate
Guile - Special Forces training
E. Honda - Sumo wrestling
Chun Li - WMMA
Blanka - Probably BJJ, but they didn't know how to program the grappling
Zangeif - Pro wrestling
Dhalsim - Fire Yoga
Balrog - Boxing
Vega - Bull fighting
Sagat - Muay Thai
M. Bison - Lerdrit

Vega's stage was even fenced in.

 

[wilKO]

The way things are at the moment it looks like these guys invented MMA

 

[dickcheney]

Street fighter 2 came out in 1992 or something....too late

Pro wrestling invented mma

 

[Cam Zink]

The way things are at the moment it looks like these guys invented MMA

 

[RockyLockridge]

You're right but chun li practises kung fu.

 

[Mondo Freaks]

Ha dou ken!!!

 

[astrozician]

It certainly made the "Clash of Styles" concept more popular. This were already bubbling by that point.

 

[mb23100]

 

[Koro_11]

The way things are at the moment it looks like these guys invented MMA

 

[Bend NvR Break]

So Vale Tudo gets no love?

 

[D3thr0n3d K1ng]

The 1886 Tokyo police tournament invented it pitting Judo against different styles of jujitsu.

 

[Which Doctor]

 

[overkill1379]

I think the one thing that pushed mma was JCV in "Blood Sport " to be honest . It's got all the elements of mma in it plus most of us said early UFC was "just like it " . Very popular movie at the time

 

[R.Doria]

dude... Helio gracie had vale tudo fights long before even atari came up

 

[TrevorLahey]

Love this post, I played street fighter 2 religiously and I still like it better than Mortal Kombat pretty wicked but I refuse to give you a 'like' until you take that y picture off your profile hahaha.

 

[cade187]

Gene LeBell.

 

[Reveen]

This.

Beat me to it. This was the film that inspired SF2.