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Becoming the Natural: My Life In and Out of the Cage By Randy Couture and Loretta Hunt
Product Description from Amazon.com Randy Couture -- voted "The Greatest
Fighter of All Time" by viewers' choice -- recounts his record-breaking career, which has made him an undisputed
UFC legend. Randy Couture wins fights with the seemingly effortless ease with which lesser mortals eat or breathe.
He's the only athlete to have held championship titles in both the heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions of the
UFC, and he's the only six-time title earner in UFC history. Becoming the Natural is the remarkable
story of one of the world's most gifted and dedicated athletes -- a born fighter whose skill and showmanship have helped
to lift mixed martial arts out of the shadows and into the mainstream.
This is Gonna Hurt: The Life of a Mixed Martial Arts Champion By Tito Ortiz and Marc Shapiro
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from Amazon.com
Tito Ortiz pulls no punches as he recounts his journey from Huntington Beach Bad Boy to UFC superstardom
-- his difficult upbringing, his first marriage and struggles with fidelity, his battles with the UFC, his career highs and
lows, and his current happy relationship with former porn star Jenna Jameson. An inspirational story of beating the odds,
and an incredible glimpse into just what it takes to win in the world's most brutal arena, This Is Gonna Hurt
is raw, frank, funny, and as fearless as its subject.
Iceman: My Fighting Life by Chuck Liddelland Chad Millman
Product Description from Amazon.com
“When I walk out of the tunnel, I can see the lights, hear the music, feel the crowd, but it all begins to close
off as I near the cage. By that point I’m thinking, I’ve been training hard, it’s time to focus....Every
man is born with a fight-or-flight instinct, and mine is to fight. It always has been.” —From the Prologue
“When I walk out of the tunnel, I can see the lights, hear the music,
feel the crowd, but it all begins to close off as I near the cage. By that point I’m thinking, I’ve been training
hard, it’s time to focus....Every man is born with a fight-or-flight instinct, and mine is to fight. It always has been.”
—From the Prologue
The Art of Expressing The Human Body by Bruce Lee and John Little
Product Description from Amazon.com
Beyond his martial arts and acting
abilities, Bruce Lee's physical appearance and strength were truly astounding. He achieved this through an intensive and
ever-evolving conditioning regime that is being revealed for the first time in this book. Drawing on Lee's own notes,
letters, diaries and training logs, bodybuilding expert John Little presents the full extent of Lee's unique training
methods including nutrition, aerobics, isometrics, stretching and weight training.
Made in America: The Most Dominat Champion in UFC History by Matt Hughes and Michael Malice
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If you know anything at all about mixed martial
arts and the UFC, then you know the name Matt Hughes. With devastating slams and ground-and-pound -- and nine championship
belts to his credit -- Matt is the most dominant fighter in UFC history.
Matt was raised with his twin
brother on a family farm in small-town Hillsboro, Illinois. Behind the postcard-perfect fields of corn, beans, and wheat stood
a home consumed by bankruptcy, tension, and interpersonal struggles, but Matt reacted to hard times by playing hard and working
even harder. ...
Never: Jens Pulver And the Wednesday Group that Will Change the World By Timothy J McKinnon
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“I read Never from cover
to cover and it kept my attention the entire book. It had me laughing and shedding tears, all at the same time. I was totally
hooked and couldn’t put this book down. This will no doubt be a best seller.”
—Pat Miletich,
five-time World Mixed Martial Arts Champion and Coach of Jens Pulver
At the age of thirty-two, Jens
Pulver, world-class athlete and the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s first lightweight champion in Mixed Martial Arts,
has seen and experienced more than most people will in an entire lifetime. He has overcome horrendous abuse and unimaginable
odds, and continues to inspire everyone who is fortunate enough to learn about his life. Little did Jens know, when
he stumbled upon a few brothers in the back room of a sweaty gym, that his life would take on new direction. Burdens would
lift, friendships galvanize, and his spirit be reborn. Thoughtfully, methodically, and deliberately, he and his brothers would
set out to change the world.
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