| Ufc's Ultimate Warriors: The Top Ten Contributor(s): Wall, Jeremy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1550226916 ISBN-13: 9781550226911 Publisher: ECW Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: August 2005 Annotation: The lives, careers, fights, and accomplishments of the 10 most prominent fighters in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFe are detailed in this mixed martial arts (MMA) book. The 10 fighters profiled include Royce Gracie, Ken Shamrock, Frank Juarez Shamrock, Mark "The Hammer" Coleman, Don "The Predator" Frye, Randy "The Natural" Couture, Dan "The Beast" Severn, Tito Ortiz, Maurice Smith, and David "Tank" Abbott. These fighters are remembered as some of the baddest dudes on the planet and as some of the most phenomenal athletes in a sport that combines finesse, sportsmanship, brutality, and violence as seen in no other sport. |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Martial Arts & Self-defense |
| Dewey: 796.809 |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.1" W x 9" L (0.79 lbs) 215 pages |
| Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Everyone fights for something. These guys fight best.UFC's Ultimate Warriors profiles some of the world's most phenomenal athletes in a sport that combines finesse and sportsmanship -- and brutality and violence like nothing you've ever seen.Jeremy Wall's book details the struggles of the ten greatest fighters in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) history to become mixed martial arts' (MMA) "baddest dudes." Far from being an official list, this book is designed instead to generate debate among MMA fans about who the greatest fighter is, by exploring the lives, careers, fights, and accomplishments of UFC's most prominent athletes.Just how influential was Royce Gracie's jiu jitsu to the world of martial arts? How popular is Ken Shamrock really? Who else can compare to Randy Couture's accomplishments in the UFC? How did Frank Shamrock influence the way athletes compete in MMA? These are kinds of questions explored in this book. With each featured biography, a career is broken down and analyzed with a fine-toothed comb. This book is an exploration and celebration of mixed martial arts as both a sport and a business, defining what makes its greatest contributors -- the legendary fighters -- so great. |
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