Tang Soo Do 124
Tecate Beer 34-35, 39
Thalberg Building 112
There Are No Rules 7, 134, 169, 172, 193
Thesz, Lou 155
Thorsen, Sven Ole 163
Tiger Kim 100, 189, 198
Torrance Public Library 72, 81, 93, 96, 124, 128, 156, 186
Total Recall 163
Toyack Motors 32
Trejo, Frank 107, 147
Trump, Donald 31
Tuli, Teila 5, 9, 13, 20-24, 136, 141, 156, 162, 172, 183-184, 193-194, 198-199, 201, 203, 208, 210-211, 213, 215, 219, 223, 228-229, 231-232, 238, 244-246, 248, 257, 259-260, 267
Tunney, Gene 127
Turner, Karyn 35, 100, 183, 221, 231
Tyson, Mike 33, 149-150, 152-154, 257
U
Ultimate Fighting Alliance 134, 251
Ultimate Fighting Championship 2, 4-5, 9, 12, 15-17, 21, 24, 39, 129, 133, 144, 160, 164, 166-169, 171-173, 175, 177, 179, 182, 184, 186, 189-190, 195-196, 199-200, 204-205, 209, 212-213, 215, 217, 219, 222-223, 231, 241, 243, 247, 249, 255-257, 259, 269
Uncommon Valor 51, 151
Urquidez, Benny “The Jet” 55-56, 79, 145, 244
USA Network 256
V
Vale, Bart 146, 155, 184, 255
Vale Tudo 38-39, 53-54, 67, 74, 80, 82, 86, 115, 117, 140, 160, 169, 174
Van Damme, Jean-Claude 37, 146
Vargas, Leslie 48
Vigio, Helio 173-174, 179, 225, 229-231, 235-236, 259-260
W
Wagner, Robert 173
Walker, Texas Ranger 175
Wallace, Bill “Superfoot” 24, 135-136, 177-178, 200-202, 205, 215, 237-239
Waller, Ken 48
War Of The Worlds 74-75, 77, 80-88, 90-92, 94-95, 98, 100-104, 106, 108-109, 111-122, 124-126, 128, 159, 188
Way Of The Dragon 175
WBA 152-153, 179
WBC 152, 179
WCW 155
Wells, H.G. 74-75, 104, 126
Wheelock, Sean 1, 8, 253, 255, 267, 270
White, Dana 253
Who, The 165
Williams, Cleveland 100
Wily, Taylor 156
Wind and the Lion, The 50
Wisdom Imports 32-40, 57, 68, 72, 89, 100, 223
Witherspoon, Tim 153
World Freestyle Fighting Championship 48, 89
World Hand-To-Hand Combat Championship 75, 90, 94
World Muay Thai Association 146
World’s Best Fighter 7, 31, 39-43, 48-49, 51, 54, 57, 60-61, 63, 68-72, 74, 89, 100, 120, 126, 128, 159, 223
W.O.W. Promotions 7, 61, 75, 81, 85-88, 90-92, 99-103, 106, 108-112, 114, 116, 119-121, 126, 129-133, 135, 140, 165, 167, 170, 177-178, 185-187, 195, 197, 199, 202, 206-208, 215, 218, 241-242, 260
Wrestling 27-28, 35-37, 58-59, 68, 75, 80, 86, 90-91, 93, 101, 115, 128, 146, 154-155, 160, 166-167, 178-181, 197, 223, 227-228, 232, 255-256, 265
WTBS 256
WWF 80, 155, 256
Z
Zbyszko, Wladek 115, 155
Zuffa, LLC 253
THERE are many people to acknowledge and thank for their help and participation with this book. So, if I left anyone out, please accept my sincerest apology. But, as near as my aging memory permits, here is a list of the people who helped with or inspired this book:
Campbell McLaren, Rorion Gracie, Kathy Kidd, Les & Prentice Smith, Bill Stinde, John McCarthy, Gerard Gordeau, Teila Tuli, Jason DeLucia, Trent Jenkins, Charlie Anzalone, Mark Fiocco, Richard Bresler, Frederico Lapenda, Earnest Hart, Jr., Reylson Gracie, Todd Hester, Jake Rossen, Ethan Milius, Dave Mandel, Russell Naftal, and Brett Kawzynski. I’m also in debt to Bob Snodgrass, my publisher who believed in this book from the beginning, Jim Bradford, my editor and most of all to Sean Wheelock, whose help and support made this book possible.
AUTHOR BIOS
ART DAVIE comes from the advertising agency world. He was an account executive and copywriter in West Coast advertising agencies in the USA for many years.
But that was before he had an epiphany in 1993 and created The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) that pitted boxers, wrestlers and martial artists against each other to discover the king of combat sports. The UFC franchise, which exploded on Pay-Per-View TV, and is still going strong decades later, spawned the worldwide sports phenomenon known as mixed martial arts (MMA). In addition to being the UFC’s creator, Davie was the co-producer, booker, and matchmaker, and he served as the Commissioner of Ultimate Fighting.
Davie attended New York Military Academy, St. John’s University and Pace College in New York. After military service in the Marines in Vietnam, Davie worked with youth gangs in New York City. He owned a car dealership and an advertising agency in San Diego. He currently makes his home in Pahrump, Nevada and serves as an example of rugged entrepreneurism
For more documents, photos and info on the first UFC and to contact Art Davie, go to www.isthislegalthebook.com
SEAN WHEELOCK holds the distinction of being the only person to serve as a play-by-play commentator on the FIFA World Cup, the Super Bowl, U.S. Open tennis and world championship fights in mixed martial arts.
Wheelock is the play-by-play commentator for Bellator MMA, which airs nationally across the United States and Canada on Spike TV. Prior to joining Bellator in 2010, Wheelock worked as the commentator for Pride FC, Affliction and the M-1 Challenge.
One of the best known American voices in both MMA and soccer, Wheelock’s broadcasting work has taken him to over 25 countries, including Germany, for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Wheelock has served as the British Broadcasting Corporation’s North American sports correspondent since 1996, and has called three Super Bowls for the BBC.
A lifelong Kansan, Wheelock lives in the Kansas City suburb of Shawnee, Kansas with his wife Kelly, originally of England, and daughters Ellee and Hadlee.
This is his second book.
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