Dear Steve and Shirley, I am a 28 year old, women's lightweight MMA fighter and I’ve been fighting for the past 13 years. I’ve had the same coach since I started and he’s been a great role model in my life. His motto is, “ladies should be respected and protected at all times.” He has a 20 year old son that works as a trainer for the female fighters and he travels with us. Over the holidays me and two other fighters had a match out of town and coach’s son went with us............

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