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Sambo is a martial art and combat sport that was developed in the Soviet Union, combining techniques from wrestling, judo, and other fighting styles. It remains an important sport in Russia and former Soviet countries, and is recognized internationally as a legitimate combat discipline.
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Sambo is a combat sport and essentially a mixed martial art, as it utilizes techniques from other classical martial arts such as boxing, judo, jujutsu, Greco-Roman wrestling, and freestyle wrestling. Sambo is a recognized style of amateur wrestling governed by the UWW in the World Wrestling Championships along with Greco-Roman wrestling and freestyle wrestling. Practiced worldwide, sambo is a martial art with Soviet and Russian origins.