Fighting to the Death: My Life in the World's Deadliest Fight Game

By Carl Merritt

Book Overview

Carl Merritt comes from a world where no rules apply, where violence has always simmered close to the surface. Still in his teens, he became trapped in a world of illegal fighting. The men who owned Carl built him into an awesome opponent, and plunged him into a world of appalling violence, crime, and retribution. Armed with firsts, elbows, feet, teeth, and forehead, Carl would target his opponents inside the cage, from which there was no escape. Only the strongest survived. Some of Carl's opponents were even slaughtered by their own supporters, as so much money had been gambled and lost on them. London, Paris, Dublin, Melbourne, Los Angeles, Las VegasCarl lost track of the number of times he was smuggled into a deserted underground car park or an empty warehouse, in a strange land. Carl's most recent fight nearly proved fatal to both fighters, and once and for all he has left the bloody metal arena behind. Now he wants to break the cage's strict code of silence to reveal how it has become the most deadly sport in the world."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184454690X
• ISBN13: 9781844546909
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: John Blake
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

No-holds-barred, knockout journalism ... ultimate fighting to the death

This book is the real deal. Carl Merritt lived a life as an outlaw, no-holds-barred fighting man who was locked in a cage many times . . . had great success, nasty pummelings both given and received . . . and lived to tell about it. London, Paris, Dublin, Melbourne, LA, Las Vegas . . . the high-stakes, illegal as hell, highly-secret, high-rollers, crime, appalling violence, it's like a car wreck, it's a terrible thing but you still turn to look at it, this book is the same . . . violent, shocking, surprising, an incredible, true-life story. They say truth is stranger than fiction, this book is a roller-coaster of an illegal fight game expose, incredibly exciting, hard to imagine anyone living life this way. Perhaps even more impressive is the fact that the author lived to tell his story, and tell it well. We've all seen former fighters who have had their brains rattled once too often. Carl Merritt is an incredible rare exception to the punch-drunk former champions out there. He actually lived it, breathed it, and finally had the courage (and brainpower) to walk away from this brutal, sick, exciting, stimulating, killer of a sport before it literally killed him (he came very, very close). Unbelievable story, beautifully written. If you're into the UFC or boxing or gladiators in the arena in ancient Rome, or any type of TRUE, kill-or-be-killed, mano-a-mano, behind the scenes look at the REAL ultimate fighting challenge . . . man, this is it! A great story, an entertaining book, highly recommended.