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Champ Elise Reed changing career expectations following immediate success

A lifelong practitioner of traditional martial arts, CFFC strawweight champion Elise Reed knew she'd one day become a professional fighter.

"I was looking at my journal while I was in college a few years ago, and in 2014, I wrote, 'I'm going to be a pro MMA fighter,'" Reed said. "That was after my first amateur fight."

Reed made good on that promise. What she didn't foresee, though, was how quickly she would achieve success at the professional level, claiming the Cage Fury Fighting Championships title in just her second contest.

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Darrell Horcher believes his comeback will be better the second time around

Darrell Horcher knows a thing or two about comebacks. Once told he would never walk again following a horrific 2016 motorcycle accident, Horcher instead was able to battle back to compete 13 months later in the UFC, even picking up a split-decision win in an emotional return to the sport.

Unfortunately for the 33-year-old, that June 2017 victory was the last time he's had his hand raised inside of the cage.

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