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  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

  United States Martial Arts Association 106-107, 147

  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

  Wepner, Chuck 36, 58-59

  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

  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  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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