Complete Clue List
Across
1. Olympic champion Rulon
5. Mixed martial artists Ken and Frank
10. Judo was the first Asian martial art in these games
12. Going to the gym to ___ the bags
14. Akira Kurosawa film, title means "to live" in Japanese
15. Gym in Brooklyn where dozens of great boxers have trained
19. Disparaging term for an easily-beaten fighter
20. Electrical engineering
21. Olympic gold medalist and welterweight champion boxer Taylor
22. Number of time 1 down fought 6 down
24. Did Mike Tyson ever fight Riddick Bowe?
25. Stylistic term for a knockout
27. Wrestling style where submission holds are allowed: "catch __ catch can"
28. Wrestler and mixed martial artist Coleman
29. Arthur Ashe book on African-American athletes: "Hard __ to Glory" (abbr.)
30. Judge, en Francais
32. 1957 Jack Webb movie: "The __"
33. Wrestler and mixed martial artist Randy
36. Religious Education
38. To develop his quickness, Rocky Balboa would _____ a chicken
40. The best at anything is said to be this (think Diana Ross)
41. Early UFC competitor ____ Varelans
43. 1984 Olympic welterweight champion wrestler and beloved coach, _____ Schultz
44. Three-time Abu Dhabi Combat Club champion: ____ Gracie
Down
1. Two-time heavyweight boxing champion Foreman
2. Brazillian jiujitsu master and mixed martial arts pioneer Gracie
3. Short sleep
4. Royal Society of Canada
6. The Greatest (surname)
7. Turbulent
8. UFC light heavyweight champion Liddell
9. East Asian concept of life energy (Romanized Japanese form)
11. Type of strength training where one applies pressure for extended periods
13. State where Olympic bronze medalist Terry Brands coaches
16. Olympic gold medalist and five-class boxing champion Sugar Ray
17. Region that produced Rocky Marciano and Marvin Hagler (init.)
18. To move one's head to avoid a punch
23. Many blond, blue-eyed ring girls are of _____ descent
26. To sulk
30. Mixed martial artist and submission master Horn
31. Site of original Olympic wrestling
34. Classic train route from Paris to Budapest; setting for Christie novel (init.)
35. Striking technique from western boxing: _____cut
37. What one swims while training in a pool
39. Wrestling move
42. Costume worn in judo and jiujitsu