Roman Martial Arts?

[Alexander Polemos]

i dont remember where... but i think that i read somewhere that pankration was the basis for almost all modern mixed martial arts. the explanation was that Alexander recruited mainly pankrationists, becaues of their brutal skill, and as he went east the style sort of dropped off among the natives and began to evolve in various ways.

and besides, UFC seems to me almost exactly what i picture pankration ot be. mius the shorts and gloves