When he wasn’t living in a California hippie commune, David Mitchell was traveling the world in his parents’ footsteps.
But after his childhood and soccer career ended, his work life proved unfulfilling, and embarrassed by a brief brush with the law, an out-of-shape Mitchell watched Evan Tanner’s UFC 51 victory over David Terrell.
He stumbled upon what would become his new life passion – one that takes the undefeated fighter into Friday’s Tachi Palace title defense against Poppies Martinez.