Sunday, November 6, 2011
Battle of the Books Postscript
Last night, at a secret location in Manhattan, yours truly had his book launch party. Dubbed "Battle of the Books" - as I shared the event with author Matt Polly (his book, "Tapped Out", hits stores on November 17) - the event featured food, drinks and underground MMA fights in a cage. Space was limited, so the majority of the guest list was media and publishing. But turn out was great, and as most of the invitees had never seen an MMA fight before, let alone an underground one in a cage literally just a few feet away... well, let's just say they were enthralled. I was interviewed by the New York Times, the New York Metro and the New York Observer, and reps from ESPN and Black Belt Magazine were there. Plus, there were reps from Universal Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer's studio, there. Good times. Good times.
Monday, October 31, 2011
GardenStateMMA Reviews RAW COMBAT
Does it seem like all I do nowadays is post reviews of my book? Yeah? Well suck it. http://gardenstatemma.com/content/2011/10/book-review-raw-combat-the-underground-world-of-mixed-martial-arts-by-jim-genia/
Friday, October 28, 2011
Author Doug Merlino Interviews Yours Truly
Author Doug Merlino, who wrote the basketball book "The Hustle", did this interview of me and posted it on his site. Go here to check it out: http://dougmerlino.net/interview-jim-genia-on-new-york-citys-underground-fight-scene/.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
An Interview with the Rear Naked Choke Radio Show
Just did an interview with the Rear Naked Choke radio show over at MMADiehards.com. Big thanks to them. Check it out here: http://mmadiehards.com/radio/rear-naked-choke-radio-logan-stanton-jim-genia-todd-rexx/.
Black & Blue MMA Comic
Here's something worth checking out from the Department of Online MMA Comics. As per the dude's Twitter description: "Follow Thomas Peña's journey from the streets of the Bronx, NY to the cages and rings of early MMA fighting in the United States, Europe, Brazil and Japan. http://www.blackandbluecomic.com." I'm a big fan of online comics (I can read Hark A Vagrant and Perry Bible Fellowship over and over again and still laugh), so, um, yeah.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
RAW COMBAT On Sale Today
Well, the time has come, folks. RAW COMBAT is ready and available for mass consumption. Go to Barnes & Noble, or Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Raw-Combat-Underground-World-Martial/dp/0806535040), and pick one up. And if you do read it, feel free to shoot me an email with your feedback - we'll discuss it here. I spared you all the play-by-play of the publishing process, but if anyone is curious, here's a handy-dandy thread on my favorite website about it: http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/mma.cfm?go=forum_framed.posts&forum=2&thread=1817488&page=1&pc=227.
You know, I've published over a thousand articles on MMA in the years I've been covering the sport, but somehow getting a book out there feels... different. I daresay, it feels "fucking awesome".
You know, I've published over a thousand articles on MMA in the years I've been covering the sport, but somehow getting a book out there feels... different. I daresay, it feels "fucking awesome".
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