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NOTE TO READERS: This book provides general information about the sport of mixed martial arts. It is not intended to serve as a how-to guide. Anyone who engages in mixed martial arts does so at his or her own risk and should only do so under the supervision of a trained coach or other instructor.

Text copyright 2014 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.

All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
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Millbrook Press
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Jones, Patrick, 1961
Ultimate fighting : the brains and brawn of mixed martial arts / by Patrick Jones.
pages cm. (Spectacular sports)
Includes index.
ISBN 9781467709347 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
ISBN 978-1-4677-5942-7 (Audisee ISBN)
ISBN 9781467717113 (eBook)
1. Mixed martial artsJuvenile literature. I. Title.

GV1102.7.M59J66 2014
796.8dc23

2012048932

Manufactured in the United States of America
1 PC 7/15/13

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CONTENTS

Excitement Uncaged:
Eight Memorable Moments in MMA History

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Fans pack the arena to watch the Ultimate
Fighting Championship 112 event in the
United Arab Emirates in April 2010.

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INTRODUCTION:

WHAT IF?

W hat if? What if a boxer and a wrestler stepped into the ring together? Who would win? What if a fighter skilled in the martial art of Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) tangled with an equally skilled foe in traditional judo? Who would come out on top?

People asked questions such as these for decades. Imagine a no-holds-barred bout between boxing legend Muhammad Ali and martial arts master Bruce Lee. It would have been an amazing clash of styles. But at the time, it was just a fantasy. The sport of mixed martial arts (MMA) didnt exist when these athletes were in their prime.

That changed beginning in the 1980s. The new sport of MMA allowed fighters with very different skill sets to square off. The sport allowed fans to answer that question what if? And soon an entirely new style, suited just for the Octagon cage of MMA, would emerge.

Over the past three decades, MMA has grown from a violent, no-holds-barred sport into an international sensation. Want to learn more about one of the fastest-growing sports in the world? Turn the page. In the words of legendary MMA referee Big John McCarthy: Are you ready? Are you ready? Lets get it on!

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Two young men are shown wrestling on this
stone relief from 510 B.C. in Athens, Greece.

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BATTLEGROUNDS:

FROM ANCIENT GREECE TO THE OCTAGON

C ombat sports are nothing new. The term martial arts wasnt coined until the 1500s, but the history of combat sports stretches back thousands of years. The ancient Greeks made wrestling an Olympic sport in 708 B.C. Soon after, an early form of boxing joined it in the Olympic Games.

As the Greeks watched wrestlers and boxers, they must have wondered who would win a match between the two.

PANKRATION: SUDDEN DEATH

The 33rd Olympics in 684 B.C. introduced pankration. This all strength contest featured two combatants in a nearly no-holds-barred match. Only eye gouging and biting were outlawed. Men could punch and kick. Once on the ground, they could use submission holds to attempt to get their opponents to give up the fight.

Some fights dragged on and on. If a fight lasted until sunset, it required the klimax. The fighters drew lots (kind of like a coin flip) to see who went first. The first fighter delivered a strike. His foe was not allowed to block. If that strike didnt end the fight, then the second fighter got his turn. Very few turns were needed before the fight and sometimes a lifeended.

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