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Author
Publisher
Ascend Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
With the very first UFC, the new sport of mixed martial arts (MMA) was launched-although it wasn't even called that yet-and fighting would never again be the same. Now, for the first time, the true story of how the Ultimate Fighting Championship came into existence is told by the man who started it all. In this vivid and fast-moving, first-person account, Davie explains how his idea to crown the World's Best Fighter painstakingly evolved into the...
Series
Never back down volume 3
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Former MMA champion Case Walker has kept a low profile, winning small-time regional matches after refusing to join the powerful new leagues that push performance-enhancing drugs on their fighters. Walker is convinced by old friend and renowned fighter Brody James to join him in Thailand and train him for a big fight against the undefeated and deadly Caesar Braga. During training, Brody is injured.
Author
Series
Body Armor novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
"MMA fighter Miles Dartman's casual arrangement with personal shopper Maxi Nevar would be many men's fantasy. She seeks him out, they have mindblowing sex, she leaves. Rinse, repeat. Yet lately, Miles wants more. And when Maxi requests his services via the Body Armor security agency, he's ready to finally break through her defenses--and protect her day and night. Receiving a large inheritance has brought chaos and uncertainty into Maxi's life. Her...
6) No limits
Author
Series
Ultimate novels (Lori Foster) volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cannon Colter is quintessential hero material: chiseled jawline, shredded body--the works. He's also the guy who rescued Yvette Sweeny from kidnappers, only to put an end to her romantic dreams. These days, she's older, smarter, determined to face whatever life throws her way. Even the prospect of sharing a house and business with Cannon. Cannon knew Yvette wanted him three years ago. But she was young--and some things are worth waiting for. Thrown...
8) Brutal boxer
Author
Series
Knight's Legion MC volume 4
Publisher
Ocean Dreams Publishing
Pub. Date
©2021
Language
English
Description
Aspen. My Snow. As teenagers, we were always each other's forever and ever. Until we weren't. Now I am the enforcer for the Knight's Legion MC. I dole out punishment on soulless criminals with my blade Ricky. In the MMA cage, I unleash my anger and frustrations. Fighting is my lifeline to living without the only woman I ever loved, my Snow. My MC life is disrupted when she arrives at the club, nearly frozen to death and battered. I'm shaken to the...
11) Blackbear (NR)
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
After two marines make it home following an ISIS interrogation, one struggles to survive while the other fights his way back into the mixed martial arts world that he left behind years ago, looking for a fight worth living for.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Xavier "Scarecrow" Wallace, a mixed-race MMA fighter on the wrong side of thirty, is facing the fight of his life. Xavier is losing his battle with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), or pugilistic dementia--a struggle he can no longer deny. Through the fog of memory loss, migraines, and paranoia, Xavier does his best to keep in shape while he waits for the call that will reinstate him after a year-long suspension. Until then, he watches his...
Author
Publisher
[G.B. Mackenzie]
Pub. Date
©2021
Language
English
Description
"The Mystery Behind the Shenzhen Nongke Orchid" follows a story about a boy, Nikolai, who deeply desires friendships. His attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) creates obstacles in establishing friendships. But Nikolai excels at mixed martial arts (MMA) and has one friend, Sarah. Sarah acts as a friendship coach throughout the book and helps Nikolai identify the thief who stole the orchid. Nikolai uses MMA in the face of ADHD and successfully...
14) Holding strong
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a one-night stand with master flirt and curvaceous knock-out Cherry Peyton, up-and-coming MMA fighter Denver Lewis gives it his best shot to prove to her that he will always keep her safe, especially when her past comes back with a vengeance.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a mixed martial arts (MMA) gym moves in across the street from his office, Jonathan Gottschall sees a challenge, and an opportunity. Pushing forty, out of shape, and disenchanted with his job as an adjunct English professor, part of him yearns to cross the street and join up. The other part is terrified. Gottschall eventually works up his nerve, and starts training for a real cage fight. He's fighting not only as a personal test but also to answer...
Publisher
Sundance Selects
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When life hits him hard, Joe Carman punches back. Newly 40, Joe juggles long hours working in a boiler room, an ongoing custody battle, his wife's chronic illness, and the demands of raising four girls. The one place he finds release is in the ring, where he competes in the bruising sport of mixed martial arts. Despite the promise he made to his family to stop fighting, Joe continues to train secretly, determined to prove that he can keep up with...
17) Redbelt
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
A jujitsu master becomes corrupted by the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. When a respected jujitsu master eschews a lucrative prizefighting career in favor of opening a self-defense dojo, it appears that he has chosen a peaceful path in life. The dedicated master's fate takes an unanticipated turn, however, when he is manipulated into participating in ultimate fighting championships by a group of unscrupulous actors and fight promoters. Later, as...
18) Never back down
Series
Never back down volume 1
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
At his new high school Jake Tyler, a rebellious teen, is lured into an ultimate underground fighting club in a Backyard Fight. Jake finds a mentor at the club, a mixed martial arts veteran. When Jake begins to receive threats regarding the safety of his friends and family he seeks help from the veteran fighter in order to train his mind and body for one final no-holds-barred elimination fight with his unrelenting personal nemesis and local martial...
Author
Publisher
It Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The Sirius XM satellite host, X Games skateboarder, and MMA fighter shares how he overcame his violent childhood in Australia and his bout with addiction, and is making the most of his second chance at life by being a father, a fighter, and a successful entertainer.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From decorated Green Beret sniper, UFC headliner, and all around badass, Tim Kennedy, a rollicking, inspirational memoir offering lessons in how to embrace failure and weather storms, in order to unlock the strongest version of yourself. Tim Kennedy has a problem; he only feels alive right before he's about to die. Kennedy, a Green Beret, decorated Army sniper, and UFC headliner, has tackled a bull with his bare hands, jumped out of airplanes, dove...
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