He debuted in the UFC that year and his professional record stands at 13-2. In 2009 Justin was a quarter-finalist on Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter during its tenth season. Since 2010 Justin has shared his testimony of love and redemption in prisons, schools, churches, drug rehabilitation centers, universities, and youth groups worldwide. It's a great book and it will inspire all who read it."Ībout the Author Justin Wren is a Christian motivational speaker, missionary, social activist, and mixed martial artist. In this book he is standing up for those who are less fortunate. "Justin is the truest tough guy and in one of the most grueling sports in the world. From cage fighter to freedom fighter, Justin's story is a deeply personal memoir with a bigger message about a quest, justice, and the amazing things that can happen when we relinquish our lives to God. His encounter with the Pygmy tribe left him wondering who was there to help them and in that moment Justin stepped out of the ring and into a fight for the forgotten. There he met the Mbuti Pygmy tribe, a group of people persecuted by neighboring tribes and forced into slavery. ![]() As Justin began piecing his life back together, he joined several international mission trips that opened his eyes and his heart to a world filled with suffering deep in the jungle of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kicked out of his training community and with no other place to go, Justin agreed to attend a men's retreat, and it was there he found God. Instead, Justin fell into a spiral of depression and addiction, leading him on a path toward destruction. But the pain from his childhood didn't dissipate. Bullied as a child, he dreamed of becoming a UFC fighter and used his anger as fuel to propel his dream into reality. From cage fighter to freedom fighter, Justin's story is a deeply personal memoir with a bigger message about a quest, justice, and the amazing things that can happen when we relinquish our lives to God"-īook Synopsis From notable mixed martial artist and UFC fighter Justin Wren comes a personal account of faith, redemption, empowerment, and overwhelming love as one man sets out on an international mission to fight for those who can't fight for themselves.Justin knows what it feels like to be wronged. There he came across the Mbuti Pygmy tribe, a group of people persecuted by neighboring tribes and forced into slavery. After getting kicked out of his training community, his career was in shambles and he had nowhere else to go, so Justin attended a men's retreat, and it was there he found God. But the pain from his childhood didn't dissipate and Justin fell into a spiral of depression and addiction, leading him on a path toward destruction. ![]() ![]() Fueled by the anger he felt toward his tormenters, Justin trained hard and propelled his dream of becoming a UFC fighter into reality. Like many kids, Justin was bullied as a child, but had a dream that kept him going. Justin Wren knows what it's like to feel like the world is against you. About the Book "From notable mixed martial artist and UFC fighter, Justin Wren, comes a personal account of faith, redemption, empowerment, and overwhelming love as one man sets out on an international mission to fight for those who can't fight for themselves.
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