Well too be honest my friends that were Shoot fighters got me into it. A lot of the guys I grew up with got into shoot fighting so I got into it too. I think my first UFC fight that I saw was a Mark Kerr one an Old friend Steve Judson (UFC's Greatest Knockout fame) was friends with him and trained with him. I got together with my Buddy Micheal Buell (was international Shoot Fighting Champ LW at the time) and started training and fighting little fights here and there. Trigg and Sherk were around back then at some of thoes orgs. Different rules with different orgs. I stopped because of an arm injury. Watched it regularly after that because at least I can still enjoy the sport that way but I have to say its just not as fun to watch as it is to do.
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