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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 790
EAN num: 9780618982615
ISBN number: 0618982612
Label: Houghton Mifflin
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 288
Printing Date: January 15, 2009
Publishing house: Houghton Mifflin
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Studio: Houghton Mifflin
Editor's Notes and Comments:
Product Description:
The very 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 acess 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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