Ron Stallings: Marching to His Own Beat

Like jazz music, mixed martial arts has a rhythm and sound that is often improvised on the spot.Fighters can come in to a bout with a strategy and a game plan but when your game plan isn’t working, you’ve got to be able to jam to a differen…

Like jazz music, mixed martial arts has a rhythm and sound that is often improvised on the spot.Fighters can come in to a bout with a strategy and a game plan but when your game plan isn’t working, you’ve got to be able to jam to a different tune, and Ron Stallings understands this better than anyone.“I’m a musician and I like to relate everything to music and rhythms of pattern,” Stallings said. “Most fighters look at this like a hurt game where they’re saying, ‘I’m gonna kill you.’ I look at it as an art form. I play jazz, and lot … Read the Full Article Here