Iceman

 

MY FIGHTING LIFE

DUTTON

DUTTON
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Copyright © 2008 by Chuck Liddell
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The Ultimate Fighter
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Liddell, Chuck.
Iceman: my fighting life/by Chuck Liddell with Chad Millman.
     p. cm.
ISBN: 978-1-1012-1204-2
1. Liddell, Chuck. 2. Kickboxing. 3. Kickboxing—United States—Biography I. Millman, Chad. II. Title.
GV1114.65.L53 2008
796.815—dc22                                                        2007043746
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For Pops, who taught me how to fight and always thought I was the best fighter in the world. And for Trista and Cade, who make me want to be the best dad in the world.