NEWARK, N.J. – Every day, admitted small-town guy Eddie Wineland climbs in his car and drives 200 miles to two different Chicago-area gyms.
Not wanting to leave his acre of land and small-city life in Indiana, he logs nearly 36,000 miles per year on Indiana and Illinois freeways.
However, Wineland, who still holds down a job as a firefighter, knows his whole life could change with a win over Urijah Faber in the co-headliner of Saturday’s UFC 128 event at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.