Ask Marcus Brimage to expand on what he meant when, after kicking Jumabieke Tuerxun in the face for a first-round knockout win at UFC Fight Night 55 this past weekend, he made reference to a horrible year that he’d rather put behind him, and he’ll tell you. He’ll tell you all about his ruptured achilles tendon, his financial woes, his dark moments alone as he struggled to come back from injury, only to then lose a split decision to Russell Doane at UFC 175 in July. But really, Brimage’s bad year boils down to one thing, he said. “I had to give up fighting for a while and become a regular person,” Brimage told MMAjunkie. “That was terrible.” It was far more terrible than the rupture of his achilles tendon, which was, Brimage said, “the most painful injury I’ve ever had.” It was also more terrible than his current living situation, which he documented in an MTV “Cribs” parody that, some two years after he shot it, went viral on MMA message boards for reasons that ought to be obvious to anyone who’s ever participated in a discussion about UFC fighter pay: But see, Brimage doesn’t mind the crappy apartment with the kitchen he can barely turn around in and the TV he can see from the toilet.
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