In his new book, “Is This Legal?,” UFC co-founder Art Davie (along co-author Sean Wheelock) recounts the very first UFC event. In an excerpt he’s shared with MMAjunkie, Davie discusses the frantic few minutes immediately after the event. While most fans have heard the stories and probably even watched the 1993 event, Davie takes us behind the scenes of the groundbreaking UFC 1 show for never-before-heard tales. Davie and partners Campbell McLaren, Rorion Gracie and Bob Meyrowitz created what would ultimately become a sporting phenomenon in North America, but the first installment of the MMA series was anything but a cakewalk
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‘Is This Legal?’ book excerpt: The frantic few minutes immediately after UFC 1 – MMA Junkie