Justin Wren (@TheBigPygmy) is an MMA juggernaut with the body of a Viking and the heart of a Pygmy. He's also the author of Fight for the Forgotten: How a Mixed Martial Artist Stopped Fighting for Himself and Started Fighting for Others.
"Charity can be great. But opportunity is always better." -Justin Wren
The Cheat Sheet:- Slavery may have ended just over a hundred and fifty years ago in the United States, but Pygmy tribes in the Congo are among populations still enslaved today -- in fact, there are more slaves worldwide in 2017 than at any other time in history.
- With land they've inhabited for generations stolen from under them, Pygmies are considered animals by the landowners and forced into a self-perpetuating cycle of slavery.
- Now, MMA master Justin Wren fights for the rights of these forgotten people by helping them buy their own land, source their own clean water, and become self-sufficient.
- How does a clinically depressed, bullied kid become a successful mixed martial artist who raises money and awareness to free the oppressed?
- Does fighting for a cause since his return from retirement motivate or distract Justin when he's in the cage?
- And so much more...
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