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    Iceman: My Fighting Life by Chuck Liddell, Chad Millman (With)

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    • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
    • Pub. Date: January 2008
    • ISBN-13: 9780525950561
    • Sales Rank: 15,344
    • 320pp
     
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    Synopsis

    "When I walk out of the tunnel, I can see the lights, hear the music, feel the crowd, but it all begins to close off as I near the cage. By that point I'm thinking, I've been training hard, it's time to focus....Every man is born with a fight-or-flight instinct, and mine is to fight. It always has been." —From the Prologue

    What's it like to have no fear, to make people cower in their shoes, to know the sweet satisfaction of knocking a guy out with a single, devastating punch? You have to read my book to find out. I've been called the baddest man on the planet. I'm the face of Ultimate Fighting Championship, the leader in mixed martial arts and the fastest growing sport in America. In 1998 I won my first MMA fight. Not long after, the UFC came calling, and eventually fought my way to become the #1 ranked light-heavyweight contender in the world. Not bad for a bartender with a college degree in accounting.

    I was raised by a single mother and inspired by my grandfather, a first-generation Irish American from Mafia-run Brooklyn. I learned how to fight at a very young age. Now I'm 6'2", 220 pounds, and a trained lethal weapon, but I'm also fiercely loyal, maybe even a bit sensitive, and unexpectedly romantic. In raw detail, and with total honesty, I'm going to tell you the story of my fighting life—both inside and outside the Octagon—including my childhood in the poor section of Santa Barbara, gritty insider accounts of my major fights, stories behind my trademark mohawk and nickname, my ongoing rivalry with Tito Ortiz and deep-rooted friendship with Dana White, and how I balance life as a father, a UFC champ, and a superstar—or try to, anyway. Withnever-before-seen photos, Iceman is my true, no-holds-barred story of fighting my way to become a champion.

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    Biography

    Chuck Liddell first stepped into the Octagon in 1998 and became the UFC's light-heavyweight champion in 2005, a title he held for two years. An accounting major at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, he still lives and trains in the SLO.

    Chad Millman, a deputy editor at ESPN the Magazine, is the author of The Detonators and The Odds and coauthor of Invincible and Pickup Artists.

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    Iceman: My Fighting Lifeby Anonymous

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    May 01, 2008: This is a great book. Other than his life and rising versatility as a well-rounded figher, it goes into awesome detail on how the UFC rose up and broke barriers. Talks about a lot of things that most people don't know about Chuck and about MMA in general.

    Iceman: My Fighting Lifeby Anonymous

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    March 17, 2008: Chuck Liddell tells his story with so much detail. I highly reccomend this.


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