Tapped Out : Rear Naked Chokes, the Octagon, and the Last Emperor: An Odyssey in Mixed Martial Arts (9781592405992)

The author of "American Shaolin" tells a hilarious and fascinating insider's account of mixed martial arts, the fastest growing sport in the country.
Since the first Ultimate Fighting Championship in 1993, mixed martial arts (MMA) has punched, kicked, and wrestled its way into the public's consciousness. MMA is an often brutal sport that combines any and every unarmed fighting technique with pure grit. Today, the gross yearly profits of Ultimate Fighting Championship-the sport's premier professional league-exceed that of professional wrestling, boxing, and even the Boston Red Sox. In "Tapped Out," Matthew Polly gives readers his on-the ground take of training and fighting in MMA.
At the age of thirty-six, Polly was out of shape and totally unprepared for what was ahead: a grueling journey through leading MMA training facilities in Bangkok, St. Petersburg, Rio de Janeiro, New York, and Las Vegas. After being utterly beaten down and built back up, he fought his first match against a fighter nearly fifteen years younger-and not only won, but sent his opponent to the hospital. Polly intersperses his own narrative with the history and background of fighting and interviews with top UFC stars such as GSP, Fedor Emelianenko, Randy Couture, and Gina Carano. Evocative of George Plimpton's classic "Paper Lion," Polly's honest, funny, and eye-opening account of his experiences will appeal to the millions of devoted MMA fans who are as hardcore as the sport itself.
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• Format Hardback | 280 pages
• Dimensions 160 x 236 x 26mm | 490g
• Publication date 17 Nov 2011
• Publisher GOTHAM BOOKS
• Publication City/Country New York, United States
• Language English
• ISBN10 1592405991
• ISBN13 9781592405992
• Bestsellers rank 981,258

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Jack in the Box; Or, Harlequin, Little Tom Tucker and the Three Wise Men of Gotham. (9783337024864)

Jack in the Box; or, Harlequin, Little Tom Tucker and the Three wise men of Gotham. - Grand comic Christmas pantomime is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1873. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

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• Format Paperback | 76 pages
• Dimensions 140 x 216 x 5mm | 109g
• Publication date 28 Apr 2017
• Publisher Hansebooks
• Language English
• Edition Statement Nachdruck der Ausgabe von 1873
• Illustrations note Illustrations, black and white
• ISBN10 3337024866
• ISBN13 9783337024864

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Jack in the Box; Or Harlequin Little Tom Tucker and the Three Wise Men of Gotham : Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime (9781163747933)

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

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• Format Paperback
• Dimensions 152 x 229 x 2mm | 64g
• Publication date 10 Sep 2010
• Publisher Kessinger Publishing
• Publication City/Country Whitefish MT, United States
• Language English
• ISBN10 1163747939
• ISBN13 9781163747933

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