Ross Pearson grew up in a small village outside of Sunderland, England.
His longtime friends from the village think their buddy has traded his blue-collar roots for amenities more befitting a Hollywood movie star.
“Some of them think I’m living the fast life, living like a superstar,” Pearson told MMAjunkie.com Radio. “They think I’m lying on the beach everyday in San Diego getting a suntan, driving around with the roof down in my car.”