Toughs Guys make television history on Showtime Emotional day! In 2007 I set out to share the untold story of the “Tough Guys.” These are the men who created the sport of MMA while Dana White was still in elementary school and 13 years before the UFC existed. A decade later and my book (along...
https://mmahistory.org/boxing-isnt-dead-will-soon/ Is boxing Dead? No, but MMA will be King soon enough… If you ask most people who invented the telephone, chances are the answer would be Alexander Graham Bell. Bell was the first to obtain the legal patent for the invention, and as they say the rest is history. However a quick trip to...
‘Tough Guys’ documentary profiles local creators of MMA Viola, Caliguri WILLIAM WHALEN | Saturday, July 8, 2017, 10:09 p.m. Morgan Spurlock & Company If nice guys finish last, then tough guys almost always come out on top. Renowned local martial arts instructors Frank Caliguri and Bill Viola already believed that, and after more than 35 years, their work came...
Tough Guy Contest: The Birthplace of MMA Wrong Place Wrong Time Skillset Magazine Summer 2017 The Alpha Lifestyle read more
Tough Guys Doc Shortly after the exclusive preview run of Godfathers of MMA, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter Robert Zullo stumbled upon the Tough Guys exhibit featured at the Heinz History center. Zullo explains, “I couldn’t believe I’d never heard about this story. I was enamored with the time, place and machismo of the whole thing. I just...
Sensei Says “My Sensei gave me the greatest gift anyone could give someone, he believed in me.” -Bill Viola Jr. #senseisays
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Inspired by the book Godfathers of MMA: The AFI DOCS Interview: TOUGH GUYS Directors Henry Roosevelt and W.B. Zullo May 12, 2017 Told through the colorful stories of scrappy brawlers and amateur promoters, TOUGH GUYS brings to life the birth of mixed martial arts competitions in 1980s Pittsburgh. The idea to legitimize street fighting by...
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