Three hundred forty fighters from one hundred gyms explain why they train, compete, sacrifice, suffer, and keep coming back to the cage.
Why would anyone willingly step into a cage and fight? Former mixed martial artist Mark Tullius wanted answers deeper than toughness, fame, or money. He crossed the country, visited a hundred gyms, and interviewed 340 fighters about what brought them to MMA, what it costs to stay, and what they found inside a sport built on controlled violence.
Childhood, fear, discipline, identity, trauma, family, addiction, ambition, injury, community, pros, amateurs, coaches, parents, and people trying to rebuild themselves describe the cage in their own words. Part oral history, part sociology, part personal investigation.
For readers drawn to MMA, combat sports, and the people who step into the cage.
To understand the sport, listen to the people willing to fight.
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