 What best describes the nature of ultimate fighting by 1995?
UFC's flameout from national sensation to total irrelevance is a tragedy of American sports, a cautionary tale of prudishness, heavy-handed politics, and cultural myopia. My passion for ultimate fighting (which is also called "extreme" or "no-holds-barred" fighting) began when I saw the finals of UFC IV. "UFC immediately debunked a lot of myths of fighting, of boxing, karate, kung fu. Ultimate fighting schools began sprouting up all over the country, replacing the stylized gestures of the Eastern martial arts with techniques that actually work. UFC's promoters predicted that it would supplant boxing as America's martial art. He sent letters to all 50 governors asking them to ban ultimate fighting.
 A science of martial arts.
 A barbaric battle to the death.  A bad experiment.  A science of martial arts.  A fight without rules.