In 1999, after a series of wildly adventurous jobs around the world, Sam Sheridan found himself in Australia, loaded with cash and intent on not working until he d spent it all.
It occurred to him that, without distractions, he could finally indulge a long-dormant obsession: fighting.
Within a year, he was in Bangkok training with the greatest fighter in muay Thai (Thai kickboxing) history and stepping through the ropes for a professional bout.
That one fight wasn t enough.
Sheridan set out to test himself on an epic journey into how and why we fight, facing Olympic boxers, Brazilian jiu-jitsu stars, and Ultimate Fighting champions.
Along the way, Sheridan delivers an insightful look at violence as a career and a spectator sport, a behind-the-pageantry glimpse of athletes at the top of their terrifying game.
An extraordinary combination of gonzo journalism and participatory sports writing, A Fighter s Heart is a dizzying first-hand account of what it s like to reach the peak of finely disciplined personal aggression, to hitand be hit.
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Grove Press A fighter's heart: one man's journey through the world of fighting, paperback/sam sheridan
