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Hardcover This Is Gonna Hurt: The Life of a Mixed Martial Arts Champion Book

ISBN: 1416955410

ISBN13: 9781416955412

This is Gonna Hurt

One of the most charismatic, controversial fighters in Ultimate Fighting Championship history, Tito Ortiz recounts his rise to Ultimate Fighting Championship stardom, from growing up as a Huntington Beach bad boy, to becoming a showman in the octagon in front of 20,000 live fans and 4 million television viewers. He's the ultimate showman in the world's greatest spectator sport--a controversial, charismatic figure who has dominated Ultimate Fighting for more than ten years as one of its most exciting and skillful stars. But for Tito Ortiz, life very nearly took a different path. Growing up in Huntington Beach, California, Ortiz spent part of his childhood living in motels and in the backs of other people's houses, as his heroin-addicted parents were forced to leave one apartment after another. By the time he was in sixth grade, he had dabbled in almost every drug available, and his early youth involved time in juvenile detention centers, a string of petty crimes, and a stint in a local gang. Then, in high school, Tito discovered wrestling--the perfect match for this tough, streetwise, ambitious kid. Tito made his mixed martial arts debut at UFC 13 in 1997, winning his first fight in twenty-two seconds. In 2000, he was chosen as a light heavyweight contender in UFC 25 and took the belt, successfully defending it five times in the following three years. 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. This description may be from another edition of this product.

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Rated 5 stars
GREAT READ THAT MAY CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT HIM.

TITO ORTIZ THIS IS GONNA HURT I have had this book since it first came out and to be honest I don't know why I have not reviewed it yet. I was looking around at all my book s and thought man I want to read this again. So after completing this wonderful book again I thought what better to review than this, it has been a while since he has fought so why not. If you don't know who this man is he is a mixed martial artist who...

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Rated 5 stars
great book

If your an mma fan or a big tito fan you will love this book. It goes through the ups and downs of his life and he also talks about all of his fights and the effects they had on him. definitely a great book for any fight fan. The only problem with the book is i thought it was to short and i don't read a lot of books. roughly 230 pages with large font. Other than that this book offers a revealing look into one of mixed martial...

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Rated 5 stars
Amazing

well i honestly bought this book because i wanted to get to learn about tito ortiz's life and.... well i did and its surprising to know what he had to overcome to be at the top of the world...... but hey its up to you if you wanna learn more about tito ortiz i highly recommend "this is gonna hurt" by Tito Ortiz.

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Rated 5 stars
Get the book while you can

This book is a great insight to the world of MMA. Tito has been in the business for about 11 years and its great to see that the sport he has helped pioneer has become the powerhouse that it is. I would recommend this to anyone even remotely interested in the sport. There is a radio show in the Washington D.C. area called Big O and Dukes who recently interviewed Tito and he talked about this book and how its soon to be...

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Rated 5 stars
Very suprised

Although I'm a big MMA fan, when I picked up this book I can't say I was a big Tito fan. I've read Chuck Liddell, Matt Hughes, Ken Shamrock, and Jens Pulver's books. I've read the autobiographies in the beginning of BJ Penn, Ken Shamrock (2nd book) and Randy Couture's books, not to mention various books on fighting like Sam Sheridan's "A Fighter's Heart". I have to say the only one I enjoyed as much as this was Jens Pulver's...

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