Fight Path: For KOTC’s Nick "Afrozilla" Gaston, life improvement didn’t come easy

Even when Nick Gaston tried to improve his life and do the right things, it wasn’t easy.

Life dealt him one setback after another, and after his hopes to walk onto Ohio State’s famed football team were crushed, he found a new athletic outlet.

But lik…

Even when Nick Gaston tried to improve his life and do the right things, it wasn’t easy.

Life dealt him one setback after another, and after his hopes to walk onto Ohio State’s famed football team were crushed, he found a new athletic outlet.

But like so many other things he tried, “Afrozilla” had a rude welcome to the world of mixed martial arts. But his perseverance paid off and now has led him to the main event of Saturday’s “King of the Cage: Infusion” show.