By Sam Sheridan
After a chain of adventurous jobs around the globe, Sam Sheridan came upon himself in Australia, cash-rich and with time on his fingers to spend it. It happened to him that he may ultimately discover a long-held obsession: battling. inside of a 12 months, he was once in Bangkok education with Thailand's maximum kickboxing champion and stepping in the course of the ropes for his first expert bout. yet one struggle wasn't adequate, and Sheridan got down to try himself on an epic trip into how and why we struggle, dealing with Olympic boxers, Brazilian jiu-jitsu stars, and supreme battling champions.
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