Mike Russell, UFC – In the summer of 2003, Brandon Vera was standing in a supermarket checkout line and picked up the latest issue of Muscle and Fitness magazine to browse through it while he waited. The cover featured a lean, mean looking badass named Frank Mir, who at the time was touted by many as being “the next big thing” in the UFC. Accompanying the photo was the caption: Frank Mir: World’s Toughest Man? One look at the fighter and the hype-filled headline and Vera, who had just one fight under his own belt at the time told himself “Some day, I’m going to be that guy”.
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Mike Russell, UFC – In the summer of 2003, Brandon Vera was standing in a supermarket checkout line and picked up the latest issue of Muscle and Fitness magazine to browse through it while he waited. The cover featured a lean, mean looking badass named Frank Mir, who at the time was touted by many as being “the next big thing” in the UFC. Accompanying the photo was the caption: Frank Mir: World’s Toughest Man? One look at the fighter and the hype-filled headline and Vera, who had just one fight under his own belt at the time told himself “Some day, I’m going to be that guy”.