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Beast : blood, struggle and dreams at the heart of mixed martial arts / Doug Merlino.

by Merlino, Doug.

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Bloomsbury, c2015.

Mixed martial arts -- Social aspects.

Mixed martial arts -- Training.

Martial artists -- Anecdotes.

Mixed martial arts -- History.

9781620401552 (hc.)

162040155X (hc.)

xv, 252 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes index.

Prologue: Kearney -- New starts. The anarchist next door -- The bear goes stouh -- As long as I don't get my face broken -- Grind. Monday -- I don't want to be in an exclusive club -- My motivation was to kill everybody -- Potluck -- The psycho switch -- Fight season. You gotta run your mouth a little bit -- Just one more -- A mauling in Vegas -- Lincoln -- Hercules -- Roots. An uncanny Eastern rite -- There are no rules -- The snowman -- ATT -- Rising up and coming down. Heroes and villains -- Believe -- Spasibo -- One step back -- Sport, art, business, spectacle. Do you wanna be a fighter? -- Beast -- Life is standing there to kick you in the face -- Pushing on. Head down -- I finish -- You are playing in my world -- Endings. Edmonton -- Peoria -- Cincinnati -- Kazakhstan -- Orlando.

Doug Merlino takes us from the cage to the training gyms to the fighters' living rooms in a character-driven examination of the world's fastest-growing sport: mixed martial arts.

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