Fighting for Acceptance Book Reviews
July 7, 2008: The Sweeter Science review by Jason Tiefel
July 6, 2008: Bout Review USA review by Fernando Avila
June 25, 2008: Professors give MMA scholarly examination by David Avila on MSNBC.com; See reactions to this review at AOL Sports and The Savage Science
April 14, 2008: FightTicker.com Youth Contributor, Samantha 'MMABrat' Roberts
April 9, 2008: 411Mania.com by Sid Needelman (Part 2)
March 24, 2008: MMAJunkie.com by Paul Larkin
March 12, 2008: 411Mania.com by Sid Needelman (Part 1)
MMA Advocacy by David Mayeda
Aug 7, 2008: Preventing Intimate Partner Violence through Mixed Martial Arts "Doctor's Stoppage" by David Mayeda from MMAyou.com
July 25, 2008: Kids and MMA: Review and Commentary on ESPN's Outside the Lines Piece by David Mayeda from FightTicker.com
July 16, 2008: Sporting Violence: The Parents, Coaches, and Child Exploitation by David Mayeda from The Bleacher Report
July 13, 2008: Sporting Violence: The Injuries by David Mayeda from The Bleacher Report
June 29, 2008: Why isn't MMA allowed in New York state when boxing is? by David Mayeda from FightTicker.com
June 23, 2008: The Beauty of Mixed Martial Arts by David Mayeda from MMAMadness.com
June 11, 2008: MMA Bashing: Mainstream Media Fails To Conduct Research Before Making Opinions by David Mayeda from the Bleacher Report
June 8, 2008: From Boxing to MMA: Race and Racism In American Sport by David Mayeda from the Bleacher Report
May 25, 2008: Fight videos conflict with values of mixed martial arts by David Mayeda and Chris and Mike Onzuka from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin
May 19, 2008: High School Wrestling and Mixed Martial Arts: The Importance of a College Education from Extreme Fighter Magazine
May 16, 2008: Commodities: Mixed Martial Arts and Human Captial
April 29, 2008: Perpetuating Parable: Rewarding Kimbo and Dismissing GSP; Kimbo Slice: What the Fans Really Want (Response by Luke Thomas of BloodyElbow.com)
April 20, 2008: MMA on Kimbo: Hating the Player and Not the Game
April 2, 2008: FightTicker.com Letter to the San Diego Union-Tribune on Kids and MMA article
March 31, 2008: FightTicker.com Letter to ABC News on Kids and MMA story
March 25, 2008: Mayeda's response (letter, selected for publication in the WashingtonPost.com)
March 18, 2008: Mixed Martial Arts Set to Sully Network Television (article written in WashingtonPost.com that critiques MMA)
Interviews with MMA Fighters by David Mayeda
August 22, 2008: Exclusive: One-on-one with Rosi Sexton, PhD (Part I) from FightTicker.com.
August 12, 2008: Q&A with MMA's only pro female referee Kim Winslow from FightTicker.com.
July 16, 2008: Exclusive Interview with Felice 'Lil Bulldog' Herrig from MMAMadness.com.
July 8, 2008: Interview with Toby Grear: "Tiger Heart" Notes the Importance of Bruce Lee, Support Structures in MMA from FightTicker.com.
June 30, 2008: Into the Mind of "The Insane One" Justin McCully from FightTicker.com.
June 24, 2008: Into the Spotlight: Tim "The Machine" Cook from FightTicker.com.
June 10, 2008: Interview with Frank 'The Legend' Shamrock: "...fighters need to think of themselves as a brand" from FightTicker.com.
Other Media Links related to Fighting for Acceptance
Aug 9, 2008: Click HERE to listen to Dr. Mayeda interviewed by Luke Thomas on MMA Nation. The podcast is also linked on MMAPayout.
June 27, 2008: Click HERE to ask Dr. Mayeda questions about Fighting for Acceptance on MMAYou.com. 
June 27, 2008: Gymnastics Is Much More Brutal Than MMA (David Mayeda quote from MSNBC story on AOL Sports; also noted HERE on The Savage Science.
May 11, 2008: Listen in to Shooter and Scorcho interview David Mayeda on RearNakedRadio.net by clicking here. Then click on the podcast titled, 'Tornados are Bad for MMA'. Another good conversation where we talk about sanctioning MMA in New York, The Ultimate Fighter and MMA media, and fighter safety issues (from 5/11/08; about 1 hour and 10 minutes into the show).
May 8, 2008: Listen to Chris Fries and The JDH on The Lights Out Show Podcast discuss Fighting for Acceptance with Dr. Mayeda. It's a great conversation where we dicuss the book and weigh in on Kevin 'Kimbo Slice' Ferguson (comes on in the middle of the show)
May 4, 2008: Listen to David Mayeda talk about Fighting for Acceptance and MMA over on the Fight_Net Radio Podcast. Then click on 'Fight_Net Gets RAW****MMA UNCUT****' to hear the podcast with hosts Rebecca Ryan, Doug 'Rhino' Marshall, and Lee Honish.
April 2008: Fighting for Acceptance up in FIGHT! Magazine
March 2008: Mayhem Miller pitches Fighting for Acceptance at the end of Inside MMA
Fighting for Acceptance Press Releases
Fight Ticker
Sherdog
ADCC News
Bout Review USA
Other Interesting MMA-Related Articles/Interviews
July 7, 2008: Kim Couture Won't Say This, So I will by Dorothy Willis on the Bleacher Report
June 25, 2008: The Influence of MMA Upon our Youth by Dorothy Willis on The Bleacher Report
June 4, 2008: Some MMA coverage deserving of beatdown: While sport grows, some misperceptions and unfair stigmas remain by Mike Chiapetta at NBCSports.com
May 30, 2008: Parents, Politicians Clash Over Mixed Martial Arts by John Stossel and Andrea Canning of ABC News
May 16, 2008: Guest column: C.B. Dollaway on the death of ASU wrestling by C.B. Collaway on MMAJunkie
May 12, 2008: Fight Ticker Exclusive Interview: Dr. Benjamin discusses Carano, Sherk, Diaz, and more (Part Two) by Pramit Mohapatra on FightTicker.com
May 9, 2008: Old School Beatdown: MMAMania.com exclusive interview with Tito Ortiz by Adam Wagner of MMAMania
May 6, 2008: Fight Ticker Exclusive Interview: Dr. Benjamin discusses youth MMA, fighter safety, Fedor and more (Part One) interview by Pramit Mohapatra on FightTicker.com
May 5, 2008: Regalo de Reyes by Danny Acosta on Sherdog.com
May 2, 2008: Kimbo Slice is typical of the wrong kind of branding by LZ Granderson of ESPN.com; Kimbo Slice on the Cover of ESPN the Magazine: Is it right or wrong? by John Curry of 411mania; Kimbo Slice: Pro, scapegoat or hype job? by Ben Fowlkes of SI.com (May 8, 2008)
April 25, 2008: MMA safer than ever, but concussions a risk by David Avila at MSNBC
April 25, 2008: Fight Ticker Exclusive Interview: Travis Lutter sounds off on the haters and more by Pramit Mohapatra at FightTicker.com
April 23, 2008: What goes into putting the lights out by Dr. Margaret Goodman at ESPN.com
April 16, 2008: Frank Trigg on 'flash knockouts' by Frank Trigg at MMAJunkie.com
April 12, 2008: Q and A with Georges St. Pierre ... fighter can't wait for UFC 83 in Montreal by Jose Rodriguez at The Winnipeg Sun
March 31, 2008: Dr. Johnny Benjamin talks MMA safety -- An MMAjunkie.com Interview by David Andrest at MMAJunkie.com
March 23, 2008: Gladiator by Paul Wachter at NYTimes.com, article on MMA's first openly gay fighter
December 18, 2007: Women fighters carving their own niche in MMA by Michael Woods at ESPN.com
September 27, 2007: MMA and Mexico: A Matter of Time by Caesar Garcia at Sherdog.com
September 15, 2007: Silence on Concussions Raises Risks of Injury by Alan Schwarz at NYTimes.com
February 29, 2007: Gina Carano Brings "Women in MMA" Debate Front and Center by Dann Stupp at MMAJunkie.com
 I've won every fight since the interview ... The book is awesome. A really good read. - Cleburn 'The Spartan' Walker |
 Mahalo to Chad and Jamie for supporting us at our first book signing over at Fighter's Corner |
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