In between losses to Tamdan McCrory in December and Tim Boetsch in July, Josh Samman completed perhaps the most gruelling assignment with which he has ever been tasked. A 28-year-old Orlando, Florida, native with strong standup and a Brazilian jiu-jitsu brown belt, he finished and released his memoir, “The Housekeeper: Love, Death and Prizefighting.” While many of Samman’s peers have utilized ghostwriters for their autobiographies, he chose to go it alone.
A semifinalist on Season 17 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” Samman has compiled a 12-4 record as a professional mixed martial artist and owns wins over Caio Magalhaes, Eddie Gordon and Kevin Casey.