Brush Up on Your MMA History This Christmas
I know many of you are going to be sitting idle over the holiday just like I am so I thought I'd put together a little round-up of my MMA History series that you can get lost in for a few hours over your egg nog. And I promise I'll make some serious headway on this in 2009 oops too late. I mean 2010.
II: The Ur-Brazilian MMA Feud: BJJ vs Luta Livre and the Style They Never Saw Coming
IV: Rickson Brings Jiu Jitsu Back to Japan
VIII: From Russia With Leglocks
XI: Carlson Gracie's Mighty Camp
XII: End of the UFC Glory Days
XV: Pancrase, RINGS, and Shooto 1996
XVIII: The Losses of Luta Livre
XVI: Rico Chiapparelli and the RAW Team
XIX: The Humbled PRIDE of Nobuhiko Takada
XX: Kazushi Sakuraba and Frank Shamrock Emerge at Ultimate Japan
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Great reads
great work Kid Nate, I actually have learned a lot more since reading these, thanks for writing them
"The greatest enemy will hide in the last place you would ever look." - Revolver
by flyingkneetoface on Dec 24, 2009 10:21 AM EST reply actions
Seriously...

"Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep."
- Lord Byron
by MyFightWiffaCheeto on Dec 24, 2009 10:54 AM EST reply actions
And I promise I’ll make some serious headway on this in 2009
Better get cracking. You don’t have much time left.
For real, though, these are great. Thanks.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.
by FRANKIE on Dec 24, 2009 11:14 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
This is a great series. I got into MMA late in the game, seriously late. I never really fully understood the Sakuraba think until I read Total MMA. The time line narrative is really great for new MMA fans. The lions den stuff in it is great also, but the newer stuff in the later part of the book is weaker since not enough time has passed to really get perspective on the more recent span. But picking up from Total MMA (and this is not a plug), this series by Nate goes in depth on one subject at a time and really fills in gap that I have in knowledge. I work at a book company and we do a fair amount of publishing so I immediately think, time to put together a book, but it does work well on the internet where you can link to other sources and pick the order you want to read it in. Each portion stands alone and that is great for someone like me who can barely read a whole cereal box without getting distracted.
Some people think I am a dumb, ugly human being, but really I am a beautiful ape, with exceptional verbal skills.
I love this series Nate
Keep it up
by Erich Vowell on Dec 24, 2009 4:28 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Cool
Enjoying starting the series. However, lotsa grammatical errors, hard to plough through. They may require your editing eye one final time, Nate!

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