Rob Font In 2014, we continued to bring you weekly stories of up-and-coming or lesser-known fighters in our weekly Fight Path feature. We featured female wrestling coaches, single fathers of three, near-death survivors, rock guitarists, rodeo riders, Tasmanians, inspirational speakers, former military snipers, poker dealers, another in a line of Gracies, graphic designers, kiteboarders, sonar techs, Eagle Scouts, poets, firefighters and cancer survivors. Here’s a look at the weekly feature’s highlights from the first six months of 2014: NFL vet jump-starts fighting career Chris Dempsey , June 26 While Dempsey was a heavyweight wrestler at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, he had a chance to train with Carlton Haselrig, a former Pitt-Johnston wrestler and NFLer who was starting a fighting career. That stirred Dempsey’s own interest, which led to a 10-1 start before his signing by the UFC following our column. He dropped his “UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs.
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