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02443aam a2200289Ii 4500 001 F2BED3CA688511E8A317244297128E48 003 SILO 005 20180605010123 008 170709s2018 tnu 000 0deng d 010 $a 2018932138 020 $a 0785216812 020 $a 9780785216810 035 $a (OCoLC)993421789 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $e rda $c BTCTA $d YDX $d BDX $d KLP $d UOK $d SILO 100 1 $a Garbrandt, Cody, $e author. 245 14 $a The pact : $b a UFC champion, a boy with cancer, and their promise to win the ultimate battle / $c Cody Garbrandt with Mark Dagostino. 264 1 $a Nashville, Tennessee : $b W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, $c [2018] 300 $a vii, 229 pages ; $c 24 cm 500 $a Includes study guide. 520 $a "Cody Garbrandt grew up in a rough town in the Central Appalachian region of Ohio, surrounded by a longstanding culture of fighting--and drugs. Raised in this environment by a single mom (his dad left him at the young age of three to reside in the Ohio State Penitentiary), Cody grew up fighting, and he grew up wild. His future seemed predestined to end in the coal mines, or in prison. Thankfully, Cody had visions of something more. His American Dream? Mixed Martial Arts. But a path to success wasn't clear. He spent as much time fighting in the streets as he did in the gym--one bad decision away from losing everything. Then, at age 20, Cody's brother introduced him to five-year old Maddux Maple. Maddux was deathly ill with leukemia, his survival by no means assured. A unique friendship developed as they made a promise to each other: Maddux would beat cancer, and Cody would make it to the UFC and become world champion. Through five long years of pain and hardship, they both persevered; Cody, through the agony and sacrifices of fighting his way to the top, and Maddux through the horrors of chemotherapy. They loved and supported each other. They served as each other's inspiration. And in December 2016, they made good on their pact: Cody won his UFC Championship belt, which he promptly presented to Maddux--the boy who had beaten cancer into remission. This is their story."--Amazon.com. 650 0 $a Mixed martial arts. 650 0 $a Leukemia in children. 700 1 $a Dagostino, Mark, $e author. 941 $a 1 952 $l HOPC845 $d 20200310035123.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F2BED3CA688511E8A317244297128E48 994 $a C0 $b C@VInitiate Another SILO Locator Search