Into the Cage: The Rise of UFC Nation

by Nick Gullo

In the late-1980s, a VHS tape circulated through the martial arts underground. The grainy video, Gracies in Action , showed a slim Brazilian fighter in a traditional gi fighting a boxer, a wrestler, and finally a karate master. Art Davie saw the tape, and with Rorion Gracie, devised War of the Worlds , a combat tournament featuring fighters from every discipline. In 1993, the Ultimate Fighting Championship debuted in Denver, Colorado, and 86,000 home...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 077103654X
• ISBN13: 9780771036545
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Fenn-M&s
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.3" x 10.0"