In recent years, mixed martial arts, also known as "ultimate fighting," has become thefastest-growing sport in American society, but it is also considered the mostcontroversial. Based on interviews conducted with forty mixed martial arts athletes, Fighting for Acceptance answers these questions:

• Who are the ultimate fighters?
• How did they become involved in the sport?
• What goes on in their heads while competing?
• Do the fighters feel a social responsibility to preach nonviolence out of thesport?
• How do they see themselves fitting into today's society?

Authors David...