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When Kyle Maynard decided to try high school wrestling, plenty of people thought he couldn’t do it because he was born with congenital amputation of both forearms and both lower legs. But Maynard, who didn’t just compete but won most of his high school wrestling matches, showed that he could do it.
Once he was done with wrestling, Maynard decided to turn his attention to mixed martial arts, and then the attitude toward him changed: Not only did many people think he couldn’t do it, but a lot of people thought he shouldn’t do it, and that, if necessary, the authorities should step in to stop him from doing it.
Eventually Maynard did get his amateur MMA match (he lost by decision), and the route he traveled to get to that match is the subject of a new documentary, A Fighting Chance, which can be viewed in full here after the interview.
In an interview with MMAFighting.com below, Maynard explained why he wanted to fight and what’s next in his life.