Fighter
Subtitle: the fighters of the UFC
By: Reed Krakoff ; foreword by Sam Sheridan ; interviews by Rachel Felder.
Contributors: Sheridan, Sam.
Publisher: Viking Studio
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780670020430
Subjects: Ultimate Fighting Championship (Organization); Mixed martial arts -- Portraits; Portrait photography
Genres: Portraits
Other titles: Fighters of the UFC
Description: "Depending upon your perspective, the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization, aka the UFC, is brash, beautiful, or brutal -- and as in your face as the fighters' blows. Fighters take down their opponents with an arsenal of moves, using a unique blend of martial arts, including jujitsu, wrestling, judo, and kickboxing. In Fighter: The Fighters of the UFC, Reed Krakoff offers a unique look at these world-class athletes in a startling collection of black- and-white photographs. Krakoff, the president and executive creative director of Coach, a leading force in the fashion world, is also an accomplished photographer and a huge UFC fan. His pictures, shot with a medium-format Mamiya box camera, depict these fighters as they are rarely seen. Standing alone, without competitors or an audience, Krakoff's subjects look gentle, warm, humble, and disarmed. But with their signature tattoos and resilient bodies, it's also clear that they are built for the Octagon. The book features some of the biggest names in  UFC -- iconic fighters such as Chuck Liddell, Georges St-Pierre, and Matt Serra pose for the camera in ways that are real and revealing. Accompanying these shots are brief interviews that offer another perspective on these modern-day gladiators"--P. [2] of cover.
Notes: Comprised chiefly of photos.
Table of contents: title: Chuck Liddell; title: Diego Sanchez; title: Dan Henderson; title: Quinton Jackson; title: Keith Jardine; title: Matt Serra; title: Kenny Florian; title: Mac Danzig; title: Roger Huerta; title: Cheick Kongo; title: Ivan Salaverry; title: Spencer Fisher; title: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira; title: Forest Griffin; title: Josh Koscheck; title: James Irvin; title: Kendall Grove; title: Houston Alexander; title: Mauricio Rua; title: Kazuhiro Nakamura; title: Matt Hughes; title: Alessio Sakara; title: Georges St-Pierre; title: Jon Fitch; title: Anderson Silva; title: Rich Franklin; title: BJ Penn; title: Karo Parisyan; title: Rashad Evans; title: Matt Wiman; title: Gabriel Gonzaga; title: Thiago Silva; title: Wanderlei Silva; title: Dana White; title: The stats.