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Defending Against Demons
Martial Arts Training as Therapy
This week’s post is a little different.
For those unaware, I do a lot of fighter interviews for Specatation Sports , Millions, and MYMMANEWS. Oftentimes, the fighters I speak to share something that sticks with me because it’s not only relatable as a hobbyist martial artist, but as a human being dealing with similar troubles.
Two fighters I spoke to, who were matched against each other and fought once before, fought again this past weekend, and the common thread between them is what prompted this week’s post.
Shane Fichter vs. Pernell Stevens
These two men probably don’t know how much they have in common when it comes to their lives and how they found each other, face-to-face in competition.
Once in MMA, and once in a bare-knuckle bout.
One man battled through addiction to get to recovery and found it in martial arts. The other finds peace in the violence given and received on fight night, because he holds a lot…
