BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » omar johnson https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Fight Path: College football player Omar Johnson got a black eye from Marcus Brimage https://www.badmma.com/fight-path-college-football-player-omar-johnson-got-a-black-eye-from-marcus-brimage.html https://www.badmma.com/fight-path-college-football-player-omar-johnson-got-a-black-eye-from-marcus-brimage.html#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2015 14:55:15 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/fight-path-college-football-player-omar-johnson-got-a-black-eye-from-marcus-brimage.html Omar Johnson In the summer of 2008, after his freshman year as a member of the Samford University football team, Omar Johnson wanted some extra conditioning. He had been a fan of MMA since high school in Mobile, Ala., and now that he was living and training in Birmingham, he thought he could find a nearby gym and get some extra work in. On his first day at Spartan Fitness, he was asked if he wanted to do some sparring. He was a sturdy defensive back who had played with future major college football stars in high school and now was on his way to a notable career of his own at Samford. Of course, he thought, he could hold his own. “So I go in against Marcus Brimage ,” Johnson told MMAjunkie of the now-UFC fighter.

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Fight Path: College football player Omar Johnson got a black eye from Marcus Brimage – MMA Junkie

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