Book Review: Josh Samman’s ‘The Housekeeper: Love, Death & Prizefighting’

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. “The Housekeeper,” however, does not serve as a shout-out to his career. Instead, it mostly focuses on the love of his life, girlfriend “Isabel,” who died in a car accident three years ago. The book also details his struggles with substance abuse and depression. “The Housekeeper” is wonderfully written and presented in a simple tone, as though Samman is speaking directly to the reader. The Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran takes a matter-of-fact approach with short chapters, which makes it a difficult book to put down. “I wanted to keep it simple, really,” Samman told Sherdog.com. “I wanted to make sure people who read this feel as though they are sitting next to me and listening to me tell this story. It was a …

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