BloodyElbow.com Exclusive: Real Fighter Magazine Unveils UFC 1 Anniversary Article With Comments From All Original Participants
The latest issue of Real Fighter Magazine is out on news stands now and, per usual, features some incredible content. Most notably, though, Sherdog's Jake Rossen has put together an absolutely incredible piece about the very first UFC event in Denver, Colorado as the 15th anniversary of UFC 1 approaches. The article incorporates the thoughts and memories from every participant and event organizer. Rossen gets them to opine such topics as what they thought the event would be, how they view the sport today and much more. From what I understand, it took Rossen a solid three months to track everyone down. Fortunately, his hardwork paid off and what we have is what Real Fighter consistently offers its readers: the highest quality MMA print journalism available.
Exclusive to Bloody Elbow, you can download and read the ENTIRE article here (.pdf version).
But don't just read this one article; grab the whole magazine. Also included in this month's issue:
•The cover story is Frank Mir, written by Andrew Vontz who typically writes for the best men’s magazines (Outside, Esquire, GQ)
•A great feature by ESPN mag editor Ryan Hockensmith about etiquette in the cage, in which fighters discuss "gray area" tactics such as covering the mouth and nose, foot stomps, faking the glove touch and more.
•Interviews with four MMA fighters who compete in other professional sports, and discuss how they manage their training.
As someone who has written for this magazine on a couple of occasions, I can tell you when that when it comes to print magazines covering the sport of MMA, they have no peer in terms of quality. I specifically sought them out when trying to land a writing gig because of their exemplary work. Their topics are highly unique, the writing is first-rate, the topics are timely and most importantly, the depth to which they explore topics is far beyond where their competitors go. If you want MMA journalism that goes beyond stage one and does it well, there is no alternative.
Hats off to Jake Rossen for writing such an amazing article and congratulations to Real Fighter Magazine on another successful issue.
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Great stuff. The only thing missing from Rossen’s piece is Superfoot.
by Chris Nelson on Jul 31, 2008 1:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
but he did do the commentary
really badly.
by Kid Nate on Jul 31, 2008 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m going to have to pick it up.
Damn! I can’t believe it has been 15 years since I watched this at a party while it was going on across town. I remember thinking what the Hell? That little guy in a gi is going to get killed!!
"The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin'"
by BJJDenver on Jul 31, 2008 1:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I’ll be pleased to be reading the article about the foot stop/mouth cover stuff. Because that’s the kind of crap I would do and I get siced when people do that crap in a match.
by monkeyfightclub! on Jul 31, 2008 2:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice
I’ll DL when I get home.
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by Tha Realness on Jul 31, 2008 2:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Awesome read. The bit about Big John double legging Art Jimmerson was priceless.
by SamCupitt on Jul 31, 2008 2:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm confused...
This is sort of an interesting collection of quotes, but I was hoping for a more cohesive piece. It’s like someone took a bunch of quotes from MMA interviews and put them in a blender.
by josemonkey on Aug 1, 2008 12:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Cohesive in what sense?
It’s not a timeline article. Just a retrospective.
by Luke Thomas on Aug 1, 2008 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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