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This film follows a wrestler and boxer from Austin, Texas (David Rivera) as he trains for his first "no holds barred" mixed martial arts tournament in Macon Ga (one of the few places these fights were legal at the time).

It touches on the concerns of his friends and family about his safety and comments from his fellow fighters about the (then) new sport of mixed , martial arts.

This was shot several years before Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) was popular on on TV- so it was one of the first of its kind.

At the time it was made- it was praised in the martial arts community as one of the most honest looks at MMA ever made. It covers all aspects of his training, and not just bloody fight footage.

It also has some rare footage of some amateur fighters who are now very well known in the martial arts world. 

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