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After some research, I believe that Wrestling and MMA copied boxing's practice of a championship belt.

Let's start with MMA. When UFC began it followed the accepted practice of awarding championship belts, as WWE and WBO do. UFC simply followed along with it's contemporaries.

The first belt awarded to a fighter was a boxer given in 1810, according to this book (found on Wikipiedia), found on Wikipediain a book called "Boxing's Most Wanted™: The Top 10 Book of Champs, Chumps, and Punch-Drunk Palookas." At this time, boxing had few rules, and did not resemble today's sport. Eye-gouging, choking, and hits with forearms, elbows and legs were common, biting and grabbing are allowed, according to this image, from a book written by a prizefighter. Throughout the next hundred years, boxing became more regulated, similar to what we see today. Around this time (early 20th century), wrestling emerged, as a alternative to the more regulated boxing. Presumably, just as UFC did when it began, wrestling copied boxing's practice of awarding championship belts.

So, it looks like King George III started it and it caught on to everyone else!

After some research, I believe that Wrestling and MMA copied boxing's practice of a championship belt.

Let's start with MMA. When UFC began it followed the accepted practice of awarding championship belts, as WWE and WBO do. UFC simply followed along with it's contemporaries.

The first belt awarded to a fighter was a boxer given in 1810, according to this book, found on Wikipedia. At this time, boxing had few rules, and did not resemble today's sport. Eye-gouging, choking, and hits with forearms, elbows and legs were common, biting and grabbing are allowed, according to this image, from a book written by a prizefighter. Throughout the next hundred years, boxing became more regulated, similar to what we see today. Around this time (early 20th century), wrestling emerged, as a alternative to the more regulated boxing. Presumably, just as UFC did when it began, wrestling copied boxing's practice of awarding championship belts.

So, it looks like King George III started it and it caught on to everyone else!

After some research, I believe that Wrestling and MMA copied boxing's practice of a championship belt.

Let's start with MMA. When UFC began it followed the accepted practice of awarding championship belts, as WWE and WBO do. UFC simply followed along with it's contemporaries.

The first belt awarded to a fighter was a boxer given in 1810, according to this (found on Wikipiedia), found in a book called "Boxing's Most Wanted™: The Top 10 Book of Champs, Chumps, and Punch-Drunk Palookas." At this time, boxing had few rules, and did not resemble today's sport. Eye-gouging, choking, and hits with forearms, elbows and legs were common, biting and grabbing are allowed, according to this image, from a book written by a prizefighter. Throughout the next hundred years, boxing became more regulated, similar to what we see today. Around this time (early 20th century), wrestling emerged, as a alternative to the more regulated boxing. Presumably, just as UFC did when it began, wrestling copied boxing's practice of awarding championship belts.

So, it looks like King George III started it and it caught on to everyone else!

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After some research, I believe that Wrestling and MMA copied boxing's practice of a championship belt.

Let's start with MMA. When UFC began it followed the accepted practice of awarding championship belts, as WWE and WBO do. UFC simply followed along with it's contemporaries.

The first belt awarded to a fighter was a boxer given in 1810, according to this book, found on Wikipedia. At this time, boxing had few rules, and did not resemble today's sport. Eye-gouging, choking, and hits with forearms, elbows and legs were common, biting and grabbing are allowed, according to this image, from a book written by a prizefighter. Throughout the next hundred years, boxing became more regulated, similar to what we see today. Around this time (early 20th century), wrestling emerged, as a alternative to the more regulated boxing. Presumably, just as UFC did when it began, wrestling copied boxing's practice of awarding championship belts.

So, it looks like King George III started it and it caught on to everyone else!