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Originally called MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) before being changed to Wrestling, the sport has always been a popular one. It is considered to be the world’s oldest competitive sport and it can be traced back to cave drawings in Greece as far back as 3,000 BC.
The ancient Greeks developed the sport as a way to train soldiers in hand-to-hand combat, and it quickly became a prominent feature of the Olympic Games. It is believed that the Olympic wrestlers had a similar style to the modern Greco-Roman wrestlers, but it was the Romans who created the freestyle form we know today.
In both forms of wrestling, the object is to take the opponent down. This can be done by lifting, throwing, tackling or twisting the opponent’s body in order to knock him down on the mat. It can also be done by pressing the opponent onto his back so that their shoulder blades touch the ground.