Fourteen years after it began, Adriano Martins’ fighting career is at its peak, with a Saturday bout on FOX against Donald Cerrone clearly his biggest and most important yet. Yet oddly enough, it’s a vocation that began almost by accident.“My coach had a fight coming up, but he injured his ribs during the training camp and was unable to fight, so he asked me if I could replace him and I agreed,” he said through translator Michele Spinelli Davis. “That is how I began fighting.”He hasn’t stopped yet, giving up the things most teenagers and 20-somethings engage in to chase after a dream of becomi … Read the Full Article Here
Adriano Martins: Ready for the World
Fourteen years after it began, Adriano Martins’ fighting career is at its peak, with a Saturday bout on FOX against Donald Cerrone clearly his biggest and most important yet. Yet oddly enough, it’s a vocation that began almost by accident.“My coach had a fight coming up, but he injured his ribs during the training camp and was unable to fight, so he asked me if I could replace him and I agreed,” he said through translator Michele Spinelli Davis. “That is how I began fighting.”He hasn’t stopped yet, giving up the things most teenagers and 20-somethings engage in to chase after a dream of becomi … Read the Full Article Here