Mixed martial arts includes karate, jiu-jitsu, boxing, kickboxing, grappling, wrestling, judo, and other combat sports. Readers learn what it takes to enter the ring of an MMA bout.
Before Frank Shamrock became known professionally as ?The Legend??winning almost every mixed martial arts title in existence?he endured a childhood marred with abuse, neglect, and molestation that led to an equally troubled young adulthood. This riveting book tells his whole story: his neglect as a child by his hippie mother and absentee father, his salvation under the foster father who took him in when no one else would, his desperate act of armed robbery and subsequent incarceration in state prison, and his eventual rebirth as a cage fighter who would go on to dominate the entire sport for the next two decades.
Chris Leben is a mixed martial arts fighter. He gained notoriety on the inaugural show where hopeful fighters vie for a UFC contract and a path to greatness.
From age three, McCutcheon Daniels, now sixteen, has been trained in Mixed Martial Arts and must keep winning to feed his five-year-old sister and father, but chance presents an opportunity to get out of the Detroit slums using his brain instead of his fighting skills.
Mixed Martial Arts has just recently gained widespread popularity in American culture, but MMA has been around for many years. Muay Thai is just one of many disciplines of MMA. Originating in Thailand, the name loosely translates to "art of the eight limbs.".
