Fight for the Forgotten: How a Mixed Martial Artist Stopped Fighting for Himself and Started Fighting for Others

Loretta Hunt · Justin Wren

Sep 2015 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Roger Wayne

About this audiobook

Justin Wren knows what it's like to feel like the world is against you. Like many kids, Justin was bullied as a child. Fueled by the anger he felt toward his tormenters, Justin trained hard and propelled his dream of becoming a UFC fighter into reality. 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. 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. Justin 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. There he came across the Mbuti Pygmy tribe, a group of people persecuted by neighboring tribes and forced into slavery. 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.

About the author

Loretta Hunt is a 15-year veteran sports, entertainment and human interest writer; a New York Times bestselling co-author; and a regular contributor to SportsIllustrated.com and CNN.com. Loretta has been published by People.com, Sports Illustrated Magazine, LATimes.com, and ESPN.com.

Justin Wren is a Christian motivational speaker, missionary, social activist, and mixed martial artist. In 2009, he was a quarter-finalist on Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter during its tenth season, and his professional record stands at 13-2. Justin launched Fight for the Forgotten to raise funds for a program to liberate 1,000 persecuted Mbuti Pygmy slaves and relocate them to self-sustainable land of their own in the eastern Congo region.

Roger Wayne hails from small-town Minnesota. He served in the Air Force as a broadcast journalist in South Korea before obtaining his BA in communications and journalism. Roger has recorded for video games, animation, and commercials, and he loves making books come to life. You can see what he's up to at rogerwayne.com.