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An extraordinary memoir of the author’s adventures in fighting, as well as a look behind the scenes of one of America’s fastest growing sports.
In 1999, after a series of adventurous jobs working construction at the South Pole, ranching in Montana, fighting wildfires in New Mexico, and sailing private yachts around the world Sam Sheridan found himself in Australia, loaded with cash and intent on not working until he‚d spent it all. He quit smoking and began working out at a local gym, where it slowly occurred to him that now, without distractions, he could finally indulge a long-dormant obsession: fighting.
Within a year, Sheridan landed in Bangkok to train at the legendary Fairtex gym with the greatest fighter in Thai kickboxing history. Driven by a desire to know what only a fighter can about fear and violence, about the dark side of being a man, and most of all about himself he stepped through the ropes for a professional bout.
That one fight wasn’t enough. Sheridan set out to test himself on an epic journey in the world of fighting. From small-town Iowa to the beaches of Rio, from the streets of Oakland to the arenas of Tokyo, he trained, traveled, and fought with Olympic boxers, Brazilian jiu-jitsu stars, and Ultimate Fighting champions. A Fighter’s Heart is the dazzling chronicle of Sheridan’s quest. In part, it’s an insightful look at violence as a career and as a spectator sport, a behind-the-pageantry glimpse of athletes at the top of their terrifying game. At the same time, it’s a dizzying firsthand account of what it’s like to reach the peak of finely disciplined aggression, to hit and be hit.
Sam Sheridan joined the U.S. Merchant Marines after high school and then attended Harvard College, from which he graduated in 1998. He has written for Men’s Journal and Newsweek. This is his first book.

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“From childhood, we search out questions, curiously going places we’re told not to, instinctively testing ourselves, perhaps walking across a thin beam across a construction site as our heart goes fast then quiet. There is something in a man that demands to know what he can handle, and what he can’t or won’t. Sam Sheridan goes out of his way to find out and he takes everyone with him for the ride.”
Teddy Atlas,
(Legendary Boxing Trainer and Commentator)

“It's impossible not to admire Sheridan's bravery and tenacity. He’s done more wild things in ten years than the average man would in a hundred lifetimes.”
Publishers Weekly

“After reading A Fighter’s Heart, you’ll be sweating like you were there with Sam, you might even have blood trickling out of your nose.”
Pat Miletich,
(5-time UFC Champion, and the trainer of eleven world champions.)

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Fighting Fear

as published in FIGHT! magazine...more or less...Sheridan "Fighting Fear" The most universally admired attribute is courage. It's the one virtue that men and women prize over any other, the one vi...
Posted by A Fighter's Heart on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:38:00 PST

Another book signing in Sacramento...before UFC 73

This Saturday, before the UFC, I'll be signing books at the Borders which is two blocks from the arena...I'll be signing from 1 pm to about 3:30 or so...come by and say hi!Borders Books4750 Natomas Bl...
Posted by A Fighter's Heart on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:09:00 PST

The Team...

as posted on insidefighting.com The team concept that the International Fight League (IFL) has instituted at first seems at odds with MMA and fighting. Fighting is one man versus one manhow can it be...
Posted by A Fighter's Heart on Sat, 19 May 2007 05:20:00 PST

my two cents on PBF vs DLH

Ahh...the most hyped fight of the year. Should be really interesting, at least for the first three rounds. Most of the boxing writers I know seem to feel Floyd is going to destroy Oscar. Massively out...
Posted by A Fighter's Heart on Tue, 01 May 2007 02:31:00 PST

Gonzaga vs. Crocop

I'm not going to say I called this, because I didn't. I knew Napao was tough, and Kirik Jenness is one of his trainers in Ludlow and always has said he's a beast, unlimited potential. But I still thou...
Posted by A Fighter's Heart on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:52:00 PST

Striking Compared

"The Shovel and the Epee" : Striking in Boxing and MMA(Note: this was published on www.insidefighting last week) As MMA skyrockets in popularity, the resistance of mainstream media outlets (Sports Il...
Posted by A Fighter's Heart on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:55:00 PST

I'm coming to the April 7th IFL Show

I'll be there to sign books, and Borders will be at the show to sell them...
Posted by A Fighter's Heart on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 06:08:00 PST

The Price of Love...

Recently at a book signing, someone asked me about brain damage and concussions, and all the new data. For those that don't know or don't believe, check out www.concussioncrisis.com--if you train, it'...
Posted by A Fighter's Heart on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 07:17:00 PST

Daily Show

It was fun...a little nerve-wracking to sit around beforehand, in the green room drinking coffee and freezing my balls off. I didn't get to see Al Sharpton, either. But John Stewart was cool, he seeme...
Posted by A Fighter's Heart on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 04:28:00 PST

Pride thoughts

It was a crazy show...I watched it in Iowa, at Pat Miletich's house in the middle of a huge ice storm. Some great upsets....what a huge difference size makes. Diaz towered over Gomi, he made the cut t...
Posted by A Fighter's Heart on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 05:32:00 PST