Memoirs of a Happy Warrior is the true-life account of a young American women who moved to Japan and became a world-champion mixed martial artist. This book covers the one-year span she spent as a college exchange student, studying Japanese and linguistics during the day, and training Jiu-jitsu and Muay Thai at night. She explores the country and has funny, interesting, and frustrating cultural experiences. Read about her first three professional MMA matches, and her life-changing decision to follow her dream of fighting professionally. Roxanne Modafferi is a professional Mixed Martial Artist, author, ESL teacher, and reporter. Contestant on The Ultimate Fighter Season 18, known as the Happy Warrior, she lived in Japan for eight years before returning to the USA to fight in the UFC and Invicta FC.