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(More customer reviews)I've been looking for a book like this for a while. I've read many UFC or MMA fighters autobiographies such as Forrest Griffin, BJ Penn, Randy Couture, and Chuck Liddell to name a few. Autobiographies are great to read if your in the mood, but reading how a sport like this began at its early hisotry stages and where it is today is undeniably interesting. I am almost done reading it and if your looking to know more about MMA and how the UFC, Pride, and WEC began, turn to this book. Great job to the author Clyde for doing his research... This is a book I'm proud to own and have in my library as its truly the fastest growing sport in the world today.
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No Holds Barred is the definitive American history of mixed martial arts (MMA), arguably the fastest-growing sport in the world. Armed with a recorder and a press pass to the Ultimate Fighting Championship, author Clyde Gentry III set out to tell the story of MMA in the late 1990s when the sport was barely treading water due to the political backlash that threatened to relegate the sport to smoky bars and venues typically reserved for tough-man competitions and low-level professional wrestling matches. Instead, MMA has become a billion-dollar business and has changed martial arts forever. No Holds Barred takes readers from the controversial event that spawned it all in 1993 to the breakout reality show The Ultimate Fighter and beyond. An unprecedented 125 interviews, along with boxes of rare documents and notes collected over 10 years, serve as the backbone for the ultimate tome on the ultimate sport. The phrase no holds barred may be a misnomer for MMA, but it aptly describes the true, compelling story of how the sport evolved in America. This is a must-have book for every mixed martial arts fan.
