Matt “The Law” Lindland—All-American wrestler and Greco Roman Wrestling Olympic Silver Medalist—is the most accomplished and celebrated wrestlers competing in mixed martial arts today. In Dirty Boxing, he unveils for the first time the unorthodox and highly effective system of fighting that carried him to the top of the mixed martial arts mountain. He provides the tools needed to be proficient in both freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, and then demonstrates how to tailor these techniques to overwhelm your opponent in MMA competition. He covers fundamental control positions such as the two-one-one, underhook, and head control, as well as numerous bone-crushing attacks from each position. He details your opponent’s most common defenses to your attacks, and then teaches you how to capitalize on these reactions by launching secondary attacks. He teaches you how to fend off the double and single leg takedowns. He instructs you how to strike your way into the clinch and, once there, he schools you on the art of dirty boxing, striking from close range, and a plethora of throws and takedowns. Whether you are new to the sport of mixed martial arts, a wrestler looking to compete in the cage, or an experienced MMA fighter looking to sharpen your game, this book is for you. Dirty Boxing is a quintessential training manual for MMA fighters of all disciplines.

MATT LINDLAND is a Greco-Roman Olympic Silver Medalist and one of the top-ranked mixed martial arts competitors in the world.

GLEN CORDOZA is a professional MMA fighter. He is the author of eight books on the sport of MMA, including the best-selling title, Mixed Martial Arts.

ERICH KRAUSS is a professional Muay Thai fighter. He has written for the New York Times and is the author of more than twenty books.