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My Fight Your Fight: The Official Ronda Rousey autobiography by Ronda Rousey
4.0
As I remember it, I have started reading Ronda's autobiography after her recent loss to Amanda Nunes. It definitely is an interesting read, even more now as the subtitle of the book, the undefeated UFC champion, is no longer relevant at the time of this short review.
Whenever I pick a sport autobiography, this is exactly what I expect to get, an in-depth and personal look on one's life, that even though is one sided, presents you more than what media would be interested in showing you. From personal struggles, to family, relationships and professional career, all aspects are listed in a neat fashion with the help of journalist Maria Burns Ortiz.
After finishing the book, and knowing that Ronda's first two official defeats in the UFC are just coming, it is interesting to see that she could somehow see her downfall as soon as she got interested in Hollywood.
One of my favorite parts comes in the chapter You have to be willing to embarrass yourself when she met Sylvester Stallone and while discussing her future in one of his future movies, Stallone added:
"You think you could fight with the curse? You think you could handle this?" he asked me, referring to the belief that acting is the kiss of death for an athlete's career.
Whatever she decides her future in the sport will be, you could try and go through her own fight and see how hard she has trained in order to get where she is, and even if she would decide to retire, one should always appreciate what Rousey and Gina Carano offered to this sport and how far they took it from where it initially was.
Whenever I pick a sport autobiography, this is exactly what I expect to get, an in-depth and personal look on one's life, that even though is one sided, presents you more than what media would be interested in showing you. From personal struggles, to family, relationships and professional career, all aspects are listed in a neat fashion with the help of journalist Maria Burns Ortiz.
After finishing the book, and knowing that Ronda's first two official defeats in the UFC are just coming, it is interesting to see that she could somehow see her downfall as soon as she got interested in Hollywood.
One of my favorite parts comes in the chapter You have to be willing to embarrass yourself when she met Sylvester Stallone and while discussing her future in one of his future movies, Stallone added:
"You think you could fight with the curse? You think you could handle this?" he asked me, referring to the belief that acting is the kiss of death for an athlete's career.
Whatever she decides her future in the sport will be, you could try and go through her own fight and see how hard she has trained in order to get where she is, and even if she would decide to retire, one should always appreciate what Rousey and Gina Carano offered to this sport and how far they took it from where it initially was.