“It’s been a long time coming,” Scott Holtzman says of his UFC debut, which takes place this weekend in Nashville, less than 200 miles from where he grew up in Fountain City. It’s rare that a fighter gets their first fight on the biggest stage in the sport in their own backyard, but Holtzman’s journey to the Octagon has been anything but normal.Unlike many of his contemporaries, the unbeaten lightweight didn’t grow up in the martial arts, nor did he spend his time at the University of Tennessee on the wrestling mats – or the gridiron, like Saturday&rsq … Read the Full Article Here
Scott Holtzman is enjoying the Journey
“It’s been a long time coming,” Scott Holtzman says of his UFC debut, which takes place this weekend in Nashville, less than 200 miles from where he grew up in Fountain City. It’s rare that a fighter gets their first fight on the biggest stage in the sport in their own backyard, but Holtzman’s journey to the Octagon has been anything but normal.Unlike many of his contemporaries, the unbeaten lightweight didn’t grow up in the martial arts, nor did he spend his time at the University of Tennessee on the wrestling mats – or the gridiron, like Saturday&rsq … Read the Full Article Here