through public demand, or in an epiphanic moment where Dana the businessman would come to the realization that I could make him money—I’d end up in the UFC. Accordingly, I continued to stoke those flames. You know, just in case. To get my weight back under control during that plumping season, I decided to do an end-of-the-year wrestling tournament, the Midlands Championships, which is a big college tournament hosted by Northwestern University that’s open for decorated wrestlers from the outside.
