“There were lots of doubters, lots of people saying it was too risky. I had to sell some people on it. … In my opinion it was a no-risk situation.”
I guess it was inevitable. Mike told somebody, who told somebody else, who told somebody else, who told my brother than I was going to be fighting in an MMA event.
The reactions were pretty much how I expected: my 16-year-old brother said he was going to go so he can “see [me] get [my] ass beat,” my mom looked me in the eyes and swore to me that I would not do it, and my dad was too wasted to give a shit.
This is a personal persuit, and I really planned on keeping it from my family. This is exactly what I wanted to avoid.
Guess I’m going to have to win now.
56 DAYS UNTIL THE CAGE
