Thursday, August 2, 2012

When Victory Is No Longer Enough, Outside Pressures Become Harder to Ignore


Esther Lin, MMA Fighting

Imagine, for a moment, that you are Lyoto Machida or Ryan Bader. Either of them. It makes little difference which one. On Monday you sit through a media conference call where your boss announces that the two other guys on the call -- Mauricio Rua and Brandon Vera-- will be fighting for a title shot. You and your opponent? You’ll just be fighting for money, fame, respect -- the usual.

Then the next day the boss calls you up to tell you he changed his mind. Now he’s d...

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