Complete Clue List
Across
1. Japanese fighting style greatly modified by the Brazillian Gracie family.
7. Olympic wrestling champion and legendary coach Gable.
8. Croatian fascists in World War II
10. Popular submission hold: arm ___
12. To trick you into a bad position, a wrestler might ___ you his head for a lock
13. What a bartender might say to brawlers: "Take it ____ ____!" (2 words)
14. Popular martial art using punches, kicks, elbows, knees, and clinches: ____ Thai
15. Egyptian solar deity
18. He won the UFC Welterweight title in 2006: ______ St. Pierre
20. Welterweight boxing champion Griffith
21. Muhammad Ali's state of birth (abbr.)
23. Trapping form of Kung Fu: ____ Chun.
24. Highly romanticized class of Japanese spy-combatant; literally, "one who is stealthy".
25. Lost to Keith Hackney in UFC 4 following an excruciating series of low blows: Joe ___.
26. Judo and wrestling champion Santell
28. Uniform worn in 1 across and 2 down
29. Often broken in karate demonstrations
30. Shape of the combat area in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
33. Shoulder-lock named for a legendary judoka
35. Site of Jack Dempsey-Tommy Gibbons heavyweight boxing title match (abbr.)
36. Featherweight boxing champion Attell
38. Popeye's object of lust (surname only)
40. World Champion wrestler of the early 20th century, Frank _____.
42. "Charlotte's Web" author White (init.)
44. Mixed Martial Arts stars Ken and Frank
Down
1. Early heavyweight boxer, won title from Corbett, lost to Jack Johnson
2. First Asian martial art to gain Olympic status
3. Third-person singular present tense form of "to be"
4. IBF titlist and Mike Tyson opponent; not Spinks (init.)
5. Russian style of submission wrestling
6. The first Ultimate Fighting Championship event was in this country (initials)
7. State where massive destruction occured in movie "Fight Club" (init.)
9. Not a martial art, but plenty of fights nonetheless.
10. Olympic wrestling gold medalist Baumgartner or Kung Fu legend Lee
11. Boxer Jones, Jr.
16. Joe Louis nickname (2 words)
17. Defense-oriented martial art founded by Morihei Ueshiba in 1920s-30s.
18. Author Chesterton (first two initials)
19. Boxers Robinson and Leonard (2 words)
22. Japanese for "sword"
25. "Everything but the kitchen ____."
27. Ben Affleck superhero role (init.)
28. Opposite of stop
31. A;ternate name for submission wrestling
32. The official self-defense system of the Israeli Defense Forces, Krav ____.
34. Ensign Laren on "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
35. Youngest Heavyweight Boxing champion; won title in 1986 (init.)
37. Dutch Mixed Martial Artist Ruttan
39. Wushu champion and actor, Jet __
41. Home state of the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy
43. Japanese quarterstaff