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I meant to write one up and post it after I finished Chuck's book, but I got lazy or something. So then I decided that I would wait till I finished Tito's book and compare them considering their rivalry in the cage.

Both fighters covered how they grew up which was cool to learn. Both fighters had it hard growing up, and I am surprised that Tito is actually a fighter. His life was a lot different than Chuck's. Both fighters also covered all of their fights, though Chuck had more details with his fights. He explained why he did certain things in each of his fights. Where as Tito basically said he went at them hard, and beat them up or got caught.

Both fighters were very gracious in explaining their losses. They say you learn a lot more about a person from how they act after a loss, and both fighters showed a lot of class. Neither fighter sounded stupid like they sometimes do while still being interviewed.

Both fighters are very different from the persona they portray in the interviews and in the cage. Both are to quote them, big softies.

Tito's book had parts written by his mom, his ex wife, and Jenna to help fill in some blanks. There were times when this got a little confusing, but it was nice to see someone else's perspective.

Neither fighter went into much detail of the history of the UFC. They mention how it came about and what not, but nothing that I was hoping for. Tito did talk about his relationship with Dana which pointed out some new to me things. The big thing that I took away from it was the money aspect. When Dana became president, the UFC couldn't pay Tito more than his contract because they sunk in a ton of money. Tito said fine, when you start to make money, then pay me more and they agreed. Tito is still asking for the same thing, and stating the same thing - UFC is earning more money, us fighters should be making more. It's a general statement, and one I tend to side with Tito on.

The Tito/Chuck thing is very interesting. Chuck says that Tito was ducking him because Tito said that they were friends. Tito says he wasn't ducking Chuck, but knew that it was going to make the UFC a ton of money and was holding out to get more money for it. Tito says he told Chuck to hold out also and that they should stand together not on opposite sides. Chuck then fought Randy for the interm title. As far as being friends, Chuck says they weren't friends, just training partners. Tito says friends, but from what I gather he considered anyone he trained with a friend. He was willing to fight Chuck and said it was always about the money.

I have always been a fan of Tito's and it took Chuck loosing to Rampage for me to really start to like Chuck. After reading both books I was very surprised by how much more I respected each fighter and as such neither fighter is one who I will ever root against too much anymore.

If I had to pick a book that I liked better, it is a tough call, but Chuck's gave more details about most things which made it slightly better. Both books are ones I would recommend picking up and reading, because who knows, you Tito haters might actually like the guy afterwards.