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How Does a Former Professional-Fighter-Turned Congressman Prep for the Gun-Control Scuffle?
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Edited | RBH Apr 14, 2013 03:14pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Apr 11, 2013 03:00pm |
| Description | “The first time they close the cage behind you, I don’t care who you are, you still get this butterfly in your stomach and you think, ‘What in the world?’ ”
Rep. Markwayne Mullin, a Republican from Oklahoma, is telling me about one of his previous jobs: professional mixed-martial-arts fighter.
“The first fight lasted about 45 seconds,” he said. “It was a fight I realized that I needed to pull weight. I fought out of fear more than anything else. I wanted to get in and out really quick.”
He won that fight. In fact, he won all of his five professional fights. But that doesn’t mean he didn’t leave the sport unscathed. Mullin has had operations on his shoulders, elbows, hip, knee, ankle, hands, and nose. And yet, he bristles at the violent image held by the sport. |
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