The Fight Library Vol. 1: Tales from Modern Day Gladiators

Introduction

Combat sports have become a big part of my life. From getting dumped and my friends trying to get me out the house to cheer me up to writing a book about my conversations with the biggest athletes in all of martial arts, my journey has been a rollercoaster. But, I've always wanted to write a book and with my love for martial arts, I've had the opportunity to do so. 

All of these interviews are available on my website, fight-library.com. But, this book compiles all of their stories into one book, or ebook, and gives you the insight on how an athlete thinks. 

Tales From the Modern Day Gladiator covers athletes from multiple disciplines including boxing, wrestling, mixed martial arts, and many more sports. It is my hope that one day, this book will be the beginning of a series that covers martial artists through the years from how the sports change to how the training changes. My goal is to document this as much as possible. 

What drives an athlete to fight? It's a hard question to answer really because there is no real single answer. There is only the answer in each individual fighter's case. Some fight because they were bullied. Some compete because it was a family affair. Regardless of how they start fighting, the why is always the same thing. It's the same thing across the entire sporting world: they want to compete. 

This book will cover these questions, among hundreds more I've had the opportunity to ask. Like I tell people, I have the opportunity to ask these larger than life athletes, Olympians, World Champions, and more questions that 12 year old me always wondered about my then-favorite athletes like Nomar Garciparra and Shaquille O'Neal. There is a kid out there wondering how Cris Cyborg started fighting. I get to ask that for them.