NEVER GIVE UP IN LIFE!

I wanted to share this with everyone out there, you won't ever see this on the news as a great story or inspirational story but, what I saw tonight made me want to tell everyone out there to never give up in life. I lost my brother 20 years ago and even though it made me feel lost, I never stopped going forward.

I enjoy watching UFC and tonights fight was a truely inspirational story.

Court McGee died, clinically, in 2005. Five years later, he is vying to become "The Ultimate Fighter."(on June 19th 2010 he earned a six figure contract)

Born in Layton, UT, McGee was introduced to the elements of mixed martial arts at a young age, enrolling in pee wee wrestling and shintoshi karate in the 1st grade. Jiu jitsu replaced karate in his training when he reached high school and he graduated from Layton High School in 2003 after having wrestled on the varsity team for six years, making All-State twice.

McGee enrolled in Weber State University and wrestled there for a year before the program was dissolved. The dissolution of the program caused McGee to drop out of college and, after breaking his collarbone in an accident, he developed an addiction to pain killers.

Pain killers led to alcohol abuse.

Alcohol led to cocaine abuse.

Cocaine led to heroin addiction.

Heroin addiction led to, in 2005, doctors pronouncing McGee clinically dead due to an overdose. Doctors were able to give him a pulse and a fighting chance and, after emerging from a 6 day coma, he went through an extensive physical rehab program, relearning basic motor skills such as walking. Wrestling, karate and jiu jitsu were a pipe dream at the time.

McGee's fighting spirit, though, would not be denied. After completing his rehabilitation for chemical dependency program, he started to train MMA full time. Training with Throwdown MMA in Orem, UT, McGee currently boasts a 9-1 record, including a win over "The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom" runner-up DaMarques Johnson in 2007 by submission.

And on June 19th he became season 11 Ultimate Fighter Champion.

CONGRATULATIONS McGee you are truly inspirational!