Thanks for having me as I appreciate it.īrett McKay: All right. In addition to writing the fighting, Sam has worked as merchant marine, sailed around the world, became a smoke jumper and has worked in Antarctica sounds like earnest to me why you are here. Well, our guess today has written two books on this topic, his name is Sam Sheridan, and he’s the author of two books on fighting, The Fighter’s Heart and The Fighter’s Mind. But what sort of mindset does it take to step into a ring and face down another man whose only goal is to either knock you out or put you in some painful submission hold until you tap out. Well, you’ve seen them on TVs Ultimate Fighter, MMA Fighters who pound each other that bloody pulls all for the taste of glorious victory. Read the Transcriptīrett McKay: Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness podcast.

Subscribe to the podcast in the media player of your choice. Listen to the episode on a separate page. Listen to the Podcast! (And don’t forget to leave us a review!) This chronicle offers an insightful look at violence as a spectator sport, as well as a dizzying account of what it's like to hit-and be hit by-some of the best fighters in the world.Welcome back to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast! In this week’s episode I talk to Sam Sheridan, author of the book A Fighter’s Heart and his new book, The Fighter’s Mind.We discuss why kicking ass requires humility, how failure leads to success, what fighting has to do with manliness, and much, much more. In 1999, after a series of adventurous jobs-construction at the South Pole, ranching in Montana, and sailing private yachts around the world-Sheridan found himself in Australia with time to finally indulge a long-dormant obsession: fighting.Īfter training in Bangkok at the legendary Fairtex Gym, Sheridan stepped through the ropes for a professional bout, embarking on an epic journey to discover what only a fighter can know about fear, violence, and most of all, himself.įrom small-town Iowa to the beaches of Rio, from the streets of Oakland to the arenas of Tokyo, Sheridan trained, traveled, and fought with Olympic boxers, Brazilian jiu-jitsu stars, and Ultimate Fighting champions.

In A Fighter's Heart, former merchant marine and Harvard graduate Sam Sheridan shares a 'fascinating' first-person account of his life inside the world of professional MMA fighting 'and his behind-the-scenes access makes for a gripping read' (Sara Cardace, The Washington Post ).

This 'whirling, no-holds-barred,' national bestselling memoir of mixed martial arts by the author of The Fighter's Mind is 'adrenaline-addled and addictive' ( Playboy).

A Fighter's Heart by Sam Sheridan