The first time Mauricio Mejia stepped into an octagon to fight, he was still only a kid gearing up to exchange blows with grown men, in a sport with few restrictions and even fewer safeguards. Mejia took his first fight at 16 years old, while many fighters today start their amateur careers at that age, Mejia didn’t have that privilege since the sport he loved was still in its infancy, he was lucky to simply get a fight. “If you got lucky enoug…
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