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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – Before Frankie Edgar, Kurt Pellegrino, Ricardo Almeida, Jim and Dan Miller, Nick Catone, and Mike Massenzio helped make New Jersey a hotbed for UFC-level mixed martial artists, there was Rich Attonito.

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – The roughest part of Spencer Fisher’s first training camp with Mark DellaGrotte wasn’t living in the Sityodtong Gym, the brutal pad and sparring sessions, or visualizing his Saturday opponent, Dennis Siver, throwing debilitating spinning back kicks at him.

Frank Curreri, WEC – Stepping into the Octagon to compete is an act of bravery. Stepping into the Octagon to fight a ferocious Brazilian who has devoured 20 straight foes – and hails from the same thoroughbred-loaded team as Jose Aldo – is even more daring. Stepping into the Octagon to battle that same “Next Big Thing” on just a couple weeks’ notice borders on insanity.

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – What a difference a week makes. No one knows that better than Ottawa lightweight Mark Holst, who saw his career get altered forever in the space of two phone calls spaced seven days apart.

Frank Curreri, WEC – Hardcore MMA fans may remember Alex Gong as an acclaimed Muay Thai fighter who was gunned down in 2003 on a busy San Francisco street after running barefoot in pursuit of a hit-and-run motorist. Chris Cariaso, however, memorializes Alex Gong as a one-of-a-kind friend, top-flight coach and innovative businessman.