Waterstones My Fight Your Fight
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Price: £10.99
Brand: Waterstones
Description: I have this one term for the kind of woman my mother raised me not to be, and I call it a 'Do-Nothing B-tch. Ronda Rousey is a UFC phenomenon. A trailblazer for women in the sport she has created a professional fight record which is almost unbelievable. Most of her opponents last less than one minute in combat against her, with her record victory coming after just 14 seconds! This book charts her fight career but perhaps most inspiringly it also deals with her upbringing and the challenges she faced as a child including the loss of her father. It’s no wonder this book has been a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic. It’s gripping and inspiring in equal measure, another triumph for Ronda Rousey. Waterstones My Fight Your Fight - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781784753122
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ISBN: 9781784753122
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Author: RC
Rating: 5
Review: One of my favourites. A pleasant read.
Author: Esiotrot
Rating: 3
Review: I have never been a long-term Ronda Rousey fan but I bought this book to understand her a little more and to understand the world of MMA. The book is an easy read and glides through the years from childhood to adulthood in the MMA. I know the book was written before she lost a couple of times and I do think that in hindsight she may have written it differently following those defeats. At the beginning of each chapter there is a small ‘Ronda says’ section of a few paragraphs that she uses to promote her thinking and her mottos for life – usually with her describing herself as the best at something. This started to grate on me after a few chapters because to sum it up – she is not the best or the greatest – she is one of the greatest or best but not the definition of it. Even through her judo years she lost fights but she still thought she was the best, the greatest even, which I think is a stretch too far. Sure she has won medals, titles and championships, all of which she thoroughly deserves but she has lost fights too and she doesn’t seem to reflect that or include that as though she is ashamed of it. Her relationship with Edwardo, her coach, is a strange one because at first, he wouldn’t give her the time of day and then slowly came around to the idea of coaching her. Today the perspective of Edwardo is that he is an awful coach and he is not looked on favourably by pundits and fans of the MMA world. I wanted to understand why Ronda kept with him or why she thought he was the best for her but there is no explanation. He just starts coaching her (after some hesitancy) and that is that – which is disappointing because there seems to be no justification for using him. There are no superlatives on how grateful she is to have him so I still don’t know why she didn’t take her mother’s advice to ‘shop around’ and get advice from lots of coaches, which helped her in her judo years. I definitely understand Ronda more as an athlete and I think her work ethic and dedication to be the best is certainly admirable but the book definitely points out her flaws that were only going to be found out – and they were with her two defeats. Her ego was definitely over-inflated and it comes across in this book which can be jarring when read out of context (by context I mean reading it after she has been defeated). It would have been better for her to write this book now after her losses to offer insight on what she thinks and how she will transition into doing different things – I think readers will have more respect for her if she offered a hint of humility but she won’t, that’s not her personality. The book is definitely interesting, engaging and offers a detailed profile for both fans and newcomers, such as myself, to her world. I would recommend this book to fans and newcomers but I would also caveat that it was written before she lost and so it is heavy on ego and ‘Ronda says’ which should be taken with a heap-full of salt given she has lost fights, no longer in the MMA and doesn’t seem to be interested in returning. If she did return that, for me, would be the better story.
