Mixed Martial Arts' Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Crazy Combat, Great Grappling, and Sick Submissions

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Potomac Books, Inc., 2011 - Reference - 320 pages
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Mixed martial arts hasn t been dubbed the world 's fastest growing sport for nothing. It 's noticeably rocked the sporting world since the creation of the Ultimate Fighting Championship nearly two decades ago and has even shaken up the pop culture scene. Who would have expected popular MMA fighter Chuck Liddell to trade in his sparring gloves for dance shoes on "Dancing with the Stars"? A combo of grappling, punching, kneeing, and kicking, this sport looks like it will be grounding and pounding, sprawling and brawling, for some time to come."Mixed Martial Arts Most Wanted " steps into the cage and brings you round after round of fighting deeds and details worthy of a sport known for bloody battles and ingenious tactics. Authors Adam T. Heath and David L. Hudson Jr. have knocked out sixty top-ten lists detailing the low blows, grappling greats, human anomalies, and fighting females that make up the compelling world of mixed martial arts.There 's no need to be an insider Heath and Hudson bring you all of the sport 's best bouts, dirtiest moves, and brainscrambling kayos in a book that will keep MMA enthusiasts reeling for months.
 

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Contents

24Wannabes
25Fake Wrestlers Fighting for Real
26MMA on the Big Screen
27MMA Actors
28MMA Goes Global
29Not Quite Boxing
Boxing and MMA
30Boxers Biggest Failures in MMA

31Mixed Martial Artists Who Boxed Professionally
32Same Nickname GameMixed Martial Artists and Boxers
Somebody Usually Wins
33Stunning Surprises
34Winning on Points
35Captivating Comebacks
36Quickest Knockouts
37Controversial Decisions
38Biggest Losers
39Debut Disappointments
Fighters Have to Start Somewhere
40It Takes More than a Singlet
41Gridiron Grapplers
42Kickboxers in MMA
43Olympic Glory before MMA
MMA Standouts
44Greatest Grapplers in MMA
45Brains and Brawn
46Combat Craziness
47Crazy Kickers
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
Copyright

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Adam T. Heath is a lifelong martial arts practitioner and certified instructor in Jeet Kune Do, the Filipino martial arts, and Progressive Fighting Systems. He is also a personal student of Dennis Hill in Combat Sambo and of Ken Zaborowski in tai chi chuan. He lives in Middletown, Connecticut.

David L. Hudson Jr. is a First Amendment Scholar with the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University. He teaches First Amendment classes at the Nashville School of Law and Vanderbilt Law School. He is a First Amendment contributing editor to the American Bar Association's Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases. He is the author or co-author of more than thirty-five books, including "Let the Students Speak! A History of the Fight for Free Expression in American Schools "(2011);"The Encyclopedia of the First Amendment" (2009);"The Handy Supreme Court Answer Book "(2008); and "The Rehnquist Court: Understanding Its Impact and Legacy "(2006).

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