Heart for the Fight: A Marine Hero's Journey from the Battlefields of Iraq to Mixed Martial Arts Champion Book

Prologue 1

Part I Confidence

1 The Man in the Arena 15

2 Rematch 25

3 Reality Check 31

Part II Resolve

4 I-Day 37

5 Plebe Summer 45

6 No Effort without Error 57

7 Great Devotions 67

8 Seventy to Seven 73

9 Stumbles 83

10 The Leadership Factory 89

11 Errors and Shortcomings 103

Part 111 The Wild West

12 360-Degree Firefight 111

13 Hard Road South 125

14 Midnight Run 131

15 Slow Motion Nightmare 139

16 A Night of Heroes 151

17 Siege at Ramana Bridge 161

Part IV Reinvention

18 The Fifth Stage 179

19 Invitation to Albuquerque 195

20 The Scarlet Letter 209

21 One Mind: Any Weapon 221

22 Benchwarmer's Guilt 231

23 The Birthplace of Character 243

24 Rumble in the Rose Garden 253

25 Triple Six 259

26 Title Shot 265

27 Warrior to Warrior 275

Part V Redefinition

28 Gut Check 283

29 The Passing of an Era 295

Acknowledgments 308