The MMA Reading List
USA TODAY asked the editors of SBNation MMA to put together a list of the best books on MMA. We happily obliged. MMA hasn’t produced any Shakespeares yet, or even come close to the quality of writing on boxing -- Norman Mailer, Joyce Carol Oates, George Plimpton, et al., but there are quite a few that make for enjoyable reading.
We looked at fighter autobiographies, histories of the sport and technique instructionals. List we put together is after the break.
- Got Fight?: The 50 Zen Principles of Hand-to-Face Combat by Forrest Griffin with Erich Krauss
- Why I Fight: The Belt Is Just an Accessory by B.J. Penn with Dave Weintraub
- Made in America: The Most Dominant Champion in UFC History -- Matt Hughes with Michael Malice
- Total MMA: Inside Ultimate Fighting -- by Jonathan Snowden
- The MMA Encyclopedia by Jonathan Snowden and Kendall Shields
- No Holds Barred -- by Clyde Gentry
- The Gracie Way: An Illustrated History of the World's Greatest Martial Arts Family -- by Kid Peligro
- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: Theory and Technique by Renzo Gracie, Royler Gracie and John Danaher
- Mixed Martial Arts: The Book of Knowledge by B.J. Penn, Erich Krauss and Glen Cordoza
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