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Blood in the Cage: Mixed Martial Arts, Pat Miletich, and the Furious Rise of the UFC
Blood in the Cage Mixed Martial Arts Pat Miletich and the Furious Rise of the UFC Author:L. Jon Wertheim The first inside account of the sensational new sport — of mixed martial arts, seen through the lens of its — pioneer, Pat Miletich, "the patron saint of badass" — Based on unlimited access to the Ultimate Fighting — Championship and its rival leagues, Blood in the Cage — peers through the chain-link Octagon into the frighteningly — seductive world of... more » mixed martial arts, which is exploding in
popularity despite resistance from every corner.Wertheim
focuses on Pat Miletich, a mixed-martial-arts pioneer and
six-time UFC champion, who currently runs the most
famous MMA training school in the world. Single-handedly
Miletich has transformed a gritty town on the banks of the
Mississippi into an unlikely hotbed for his sport.He has also
transformed many an average Joe into a walking weapon of
destruction.
Wertheim intertwines Miletich's own life story, by turns
tragic and triumphant, with the larger story of the unholy
rise of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, from its controversial,
back alley roots to the fastest-growing sporting enterprise
in America. For fans of Jeff MacGregor's Sunday Money
and Sam Sheridan's A Fighter's Heart, Blood in the Cage
takes readers behind the scenes, right down to the mat, from
a punch in the kidney to the ping of the cash register, as
Wertheim brilliantly exposes the no-holds-barred reality of