BLOG Archives - isthislegalthebook https://isthislegalthebook.com/category/blog/ Inside Story of the UFC Creation Thu, 06 Sep 2018 01:19:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://isthislegalthebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/cropped-DavieCoverFinal_HighRes-32x32.jpg BLOG Archives - isthislegalthebook https://isthislegalthebook.com/category/blog/ 32 32 Media coverage for Is This Legal? continues https://isthislegalthebook.com/media-coverage-for-is-this-legal-continues/ Thu, 28 Aug 2014 21:02:42 +0000 http://isthislegalthebook.com/?p=447 IS THIS LEGAL? MEDIA COVERAGE CONTINUES… CY INTERVIEW with Chris Yandek and Jay Bildstein: http://www.cyinterview.com/2014/11/entrepreneur-art-davie-author-of-is-this-legal-the-inside-story-of-the-first-ufc-from-the-man-who-created-it-talks-about-his-book-more/ Shoot The Defence @ShootTheDefence  interviewed @SeanWheelock & discussed “Is this Legal”, @ArtDavie , @BellatorMMA @MLS & #Wrestling. Enjoy! itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/sho… Johnny Quantum aka Johnny Q interviews the founder of the UFC, Art Davie… http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gamechangerclothingradio/2014/10/03/gamechanger-clothing-radio-brandon-gaitoradam-townsendart-davietony-johnson TSC’s Fred Richani interviews UFC founder Art […]

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]]> Origin of the UFC Name https://isthislegalthebook.com/origin-ufc-name/ Thu, 14 Aug 2014 02:29:27 +0000 http://isthislegalthebook.com/?p=421 ORIGIN OF THE UFC NAME “People have asked me who came up with the name, The Ultimate Fighting Championship? In my book, IS THIS LEGAL?,  I tell the story. Here is how it came to be.” – Art Davie     WORLD’S BEST FIGHTER (From Chapter 2, page 39) I decided on the “World’s Best […]

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]]> The True Story of the Octagon https://isthislegalthebook.com/true-story-of-the-octagon/ https://isthislegalthebook.com/true-story-of-the-octagon/#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2014 20:12:50 +0000 http://isthislegalthebook.com/?p=391 The True Story of the Octagon “There has been so much bogus information about the origins of the Octagon, that knew I had to address it in my book about the creation of the first UFC. Above is the first set-up of the Octagon at McNichols Sports Arena on Nov. 11, 1993. And, here from […]

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]]> https://isthislegalthebook.com/true-story-of-the-octagon/feed/ 1 More Press Coverage for IS THIS LEGAL? https://isthislegalthebook.com/press-coverage-for-is-this-legal/ Wed, 30 Jul 2014 06:49:23 +0000 http://isthislegalthebook.com/?p=368 PRESS COVERAGE BY THE MMA COMMUNITY FOR IS THIS LEGAL? AND ART DAVIE CONTINUES… MMA journalists continue to cover the book IS THIS LEGAL? … The inside story of the creation of the UFC by Art Davie and Sean Wheelock. The book has resulted in more interviews of Davie by the MMA press. My good […]

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]]> Davie’s interviews about original UFC book https://isthislegalthebook.com/art-davie-interviews-about-original-ufc/ Fri, 11 Jul 2014 18:10:56 +0000 http://isthislegalthebook.com/?p=344 ORIGINAL UFC BOOK – GREAT INTERVIEWS & REVIEWS OF ART DAVIE’S BOOK… IS THIS LEGAL? Tom Hoffarth of the LA Daily News did a bang-up interview with Art… http://www.dailynews.com/sports/20140724/on-the-media-ufc-1-and-how-art-davie-created-it-among-all-the-challenges Read THE FIGHT NERD review of Is This Legal? http://www.thefightnerd.com/art-davie-explains-ufc-history-in-is-this-legal-book-review/ Michael Stets on his #DarceSideRadio with ArtDavie talking about his new book “Is This Legal? and […]

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]]> Art Davie’s Dream List of Fighters for first UFC https://isthislegalthebook.com/davies-first-ufc-dream-list-of-fighters-makes-first-ufc-splash-in-australia/ Wed, 02 Jul 2014 02:52:28 +0000 http://isthislegalthebook.com/?p=333 Art Davie’s Dream List of fighters for First UFC makes it to NineMSN Davie’s dream list, which included Mike Tyson and Aleksandr Karelin, the Russian “Experiment” has been profiled on NineMSN in Australia.  Justin Faux wrote the article about Art Davie and his book, the inside story of the first UFC, Is This Legal? for […]

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]]> MMA Promoters & Fight Gym Owners https://isthislegalthebook.com/mma-promoters-fight-gym-owners-is-this-legal/ Fri, 27 Jun 2014 22:15:45 +0000 http://isthislegalthebook.com/?p=308 MMA Promoters & Fight Gym Owners Any MMA Fight promoter or fight gym owner wanting to sell IS THIS LEGAL? The Inside story of the First UFC From the Man Who Created It… IS THIS LEGAL? is in the bookstores like Barnes & Noble, Crown Books and Costco on July 1, 2014. This book is […]

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]]> Was Chuck Norris invited to the first UFC? https://isthislegalthebook.com/was-chuck-norris-invited-to-the-first-ufc-chuck-norris/ Thu, 05 Jun 2014 03:13:50 +0000 http://isthislegalthebook.com/?p=277 Was Chuck Norris invited to the first UFC? Did you know that Rorion Gracie invited Chuck Norris to be a commentator at the first UFC? It’s true, as reported in IS THIS LEGAL?, Art Davie’s new book about the creation of the UFC in 1993. According to Art, he and Rorion went to Chuck Norris’ […]

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]]> Rorion Gracie and the key role he played in the first UFC https://isthislegalthebook.com/first-ufc-rorion-gracie/ Wed, 04 Jun 2014 04:56:34 +0000 http://isthislegalthebook.com/?p=265 The First UFC and the inspiration of Rorion Gracie and the Gracie family Rorion Gracie… there is no doubt that the key inspiration for me for the first UFC was Rorion Gracie and the Gracie Challenge. As I discuss it in Chapter 3, The Boys from Brazil, in my book, IS THIS LEGAL? while I […]

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]]> First UFC – Actual rules from the fighter’s meeting https://isthislegalthebook.com/first-ufc-actual-rules-fighters-meeting/ Sun, 01 Jun 2014 03:08:09 +0000 http://isthislegalthebook.com/?p=235 The first UFC: For the record, here are actual rules given to the 10 athletes at the UFC1 fighters meeting on Thursday, November 11, 1993. Campbell McLaren, in recent statement, released a photo of the rules he said were in place prior to the debut event that took place on November 12, 1993. See his […]

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