Beast
Subtitle: blood, struggle and dreams at the heart of mixed martial arts
By: Doug Merlino
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781620401552
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Training; Martial artists; Anecdotes; Social aspects; Mixed martial arts; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Prologue: Kearney; title: pt. 1. New starts; title: The anarchist next door; title: The bear goes south; title: As long as I don't get my face broken; title: pt. 2. Grind; title: Monday; title: I don't want to be in an exclusive club; title: My motivation was to kill everybody; title: Potluck; title: The psycho switch; title: pt. 3. Fight season; title: You gotta run your mouth a little bit; title: Just one more; title: A mauling in Vegas; title: Lincoln; title: Hercules; title: pt. 4. Roots; title: An uncanny Eastern rite; title: There are no rules; title: The snowman; title: ATT; title: pt. 5. Rising up and coming down; title: Heroes and villains; title: Believe; title: Spasibo; title: One step back; title: pt. 6. Sport, art, business, spectacle; title: Do you wanna be a fighter?; title: Beast; title: Life is standing there to kick you in the face; title: pt. 7. Pushing on; title: Head down; title: I finish; title: You are playing in my world; title: pt. 8. Endings; title: Edmonton; title: Peoria; title: Cincinnati; title: Kazakhstan; title: Orlando.