Since its introduction to a wide audience through the Ultimate Fighting
Championship (Ultimate Fighting Championship [UFC], 2013), which began in the US in 1993, and Pride Fighting Championship (Pride FC, 2013), which began in Japan in 1997,Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (often called BJJ or simply Jiu Jitsu) has spread worldwide. In part, it was thanks to the early successes of its practitioners that Jiu Jitsu quickly gained a reputation for dominating other fighting systems.