Total MMA: Inside Ultimate Fighting
"The best book on the real history of MMA that I've seen. . . . This book really is so great I couldn't put it down . . . it's a thorough history dating back to the turn of the 20th century, covering the heydays in Brazil, Japan, and major UFC opposition groups over the past 15 years in North America."  —Wrestling Observer"If the history of MMA was taught as a college course,Total MMAwould be the official textbook used for the class."  —Five Ounces of Pain"A definitive history of the sport, and it tackles just about every major figure and event in the sport's history."  —CBSSports.com"I highly recommend it for yourself or for the MMA fan in your life."  —Inside Fights"[Total MMA] is amazingly detailed with hundreds of footnotes as Snowden focuses on the expansion of MMA from its early beginnings to late 2008. Snowden obviously loves the business but doesn't shy away from exposing its darker sides and presenting both sides of arguments."  —411Mania.com"By far the most definitive book on mixed martial arts I've ever read . . . I can't recommend this book more highly."  —The Angry Marks"A go-to resource for the figures big and small in the history of MMA . . . It is hard to imagine any book in the future matching the detail and definition provided here . . . make it the cornerstone of your MMA library."  —mmapayout.com"I just tore through . . . Jonathan Snowden's excellent history of MMA. . . . If you're looking for a one volume history of Mixed Martial Arts, it would be hard to do better than this."  —Bloody Elbow