Takeya Mizugaki sees sponsors every night when he goes to sleep and every morning when he wakes up.
After an unsuccessful title bid against Miguel Torres in his WEC debut,
he put his sponsorship banner above his bed to remind him of what it
feels like to lose.
Now on the verge of another high profile fight against former
featherweight champion Urijah Faber, the Japanese
bantamweight says he’s freed himself of the burden of its outcome.