(I wrote this story for WSOF.com (World Series of Fighting). Other reporters read the story, or got wind of the catchy story angle, and over the next few years some of the sport’s biggest media outlets started to emphasize Justin Gaethje’s miner DNA and Mexican roots). By Frank Curreri Forza To put Justin Gaethje’s iron…
(This story was originally published in Maxfighting.com) By Frank Forza Curreri LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Come Saturday morning, Dewey Cooper expects to walk into a room at Kindred Hospital and address his father. Barring a miracle, it will be one-way conversation. Floyd Cooper, a decorated Vietnam veteran who made a habit of never showing weakness, can…
Imitators abound; originators are a special, scarce breed. Johny Hendricks definitely ranks among the latter, a free-spirited, one-of-a-kind Country Boy whose simple life revolves around only a few passions: Family, Hunting, Fighting and Wrestling. Johny recently announced his retirement from MMA and this is my tribute to the former UFC welterweight champ, one of my…