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Mixed Martial Arts, Pat Miletich, And The Furious Rise Of The UFC
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
January 2009
On Sale: January 15, 2009
Featuring: Pat Miletich
288 pages
ISBN: 0618982612
EAN: 9780618982615
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
The first inside account of the sensational new sport of
mixed martial arts, seen through the lens of its pioneer,
Pat Miletich, “the patron saint of badass” Based on unlimited access to the Ultimate Fighting
Championship and its rival leagues, Blood in the Cage peers
through the chain-link Octagon into the frighteningly
seductive world of mixed martial arts, which is exploding in
popularity despite resistance from every corner. Wertheim focuses on Pat Miletich, a mixed-martial-arts
pioneer and six-time UFC champion, who currently runs the
most famous MMA training school in the world.
Single-handedly Miletich has transformed a gritty town on
the banks of the Mississippi into an unlikely hotbed for his
sport. He has also transformed many an average Joe into a walking
weapon of destruction. Wertheim intertwines Miletich’s own life story, by turns
tragic and triumphant, with the larger story of the unholy
rise of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, from its
controversial, back alley roots to the fastest-growing
sporting enterprise in America. For fans of Jeff MacGregor’s
Sunday Money and Sam Sheridan’s A Fighter’s Heart, Blood in
the Cage takes readers behind the scenes, right down to the
mat, from a punch in the kidney to the ping of the cash
register, as Wertheim brilliantly exposes the
no-holds-barred reality of the blood sport for a new generation.
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