| Description |
xvii, 281 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / by Royce Gracie -- Foreword / by Michael Bisping -- Introduction -- Pioneers and champions -- Legends and champions -- New era champions -- New era women champoins. |
| Summary |
Mixed martial arts (MMA) has become one of the fastest-growing sports in the world. With Dana White helping bring Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) to prominence and respectability, as well as Conor McGregor becoming one of the sport's biggest stars, fans are skipping the squared circle for the Octagon. In Champions of the Octagon, writer Fiaz Rafiq interviews many of the greatest MMA and UFC champions of all-time, including Georges St-Pierre, Holly Holm, Daniel Cormier, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Randy Couture, and many others. Readers will learn of their upbringings, their introductions to the sport, and how they worked their way to be the best ever. |
| Contents |
Pioneers and Champions : Royce Gracie (2008) - Ken Shamrock (2008) - Dan Severn (2008) - Mark Coleman (2008) --- Legends and Champions : Frank Shamrock (2008) - Jens Pulver (2008) - Tito Ortiz (2008) - Rashad Evans (2008) - Forrest Griffin (2008) - Tim Sylvia (2008) - Matt Serra (2008) - Matt Hughes (2008) - Georges St-Pierre (2008) - Vitor Belfort (2008) - BJ Penn (2008) - Anderson Silva (2008) - Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (2008) - Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (2008) - Sean Sherk (2008) - Brock Lesnar (2008) - Michael Bisping (2008) - Chuck Liddell (2008) - Randy Couture (2008) - Dan Henderson (January 2021) - Carlos Condit (February 2021) --- Three New Era Champions : Lyoto Machida (April 2021) - Anthony Pettis (January 2021) - Eddie Alvarez (February 2021) - Junior Dos Santos (November 2021) - Jan Blachowicz (January 2021) - Alexander Volkanovski (January 2021) - Daniel Cormier (February 2021) - Petr Yan (February 2021) --- Four New Era Women Champions : Holly Holm (December 2020) - Cris Cyborg (January 2021) - Joanna Jedrzejczyk (February 2021). |
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UFC (Mixed martial arts event)
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Mixed martial arts -- Biography.
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Martial artists -- Biography.
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UFC (Mixed martial arts event) (OCoLC)fst01794944
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Martial artists. (OCoLC)fst01010818
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Mixed martial arts. (OCoLC)fst01741903
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| Genre/Form |
Interviews. (OCoLC)fst01423832
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Interviews.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
1683584422 |
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9781683584421 |
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9781683584438 ebook |
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