Nick Newell's dream run continued on Friday during a Legacy Fight championship event. He remained unbeaten at 6-0 in his young MMA career with a win over Denis Hernandez at XFC 15. What he's accomplishing without a forearm or fist on his left arm is simply incredible.
"My goal is to prove that people with disabilities can go out and win," Newell told MMAFighting.com in 2009. "It's more of a message I'd like to send, that if you have a goal, go out and do it. Try it, whether it's fighting or something else. Whether you want to be the best at your job, or at sports, just do your best. Give it everything you have.
Winning is very important to me, but at the end of the day, even if I lose, as long as I know I gave it everything I had, there's no shame in that." Newell, 25, may never make it to the big-time in the UFC, but he's going to give it a run.
"That's every fighter's goal, you know? To fight for the UFC," he said [in 2009]. "I think it'd be great. Regardless of whether I have a disability or not, I always want to win and be the best."
Here's the video for all intrested in watching, it's actually a pretty good fight too.
[video=youtube;VDYMBaqh1lo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDYMBaqh1lo&feature=player_embedded#![/video]
"My goal is to prove that people with disabilities can go out and win," Newell told MMAFighting.com in 2009. "It's more of a message I'd like to send, that if you have a goal, go out and do it. Try it, whether it's fighting or something else. Whether you want to be the best at your job, or at sports, just do your best. Give it everything you have.
Winning is very important to me, but at the end of the day, even if I lose, as long as I know I gave it everything I had, there's no shame in that." Newell, 25, may never make it to the big-time in the UFC, but he's going to give it a run.
"That's every fighter's goal, you know? To fight for the UFC," he said [in 2009]. "I think it'd be great. Regardless of whether I have a disability or not, I always want to win and be the best."
Here's the video for all intrested in watching, it's actually a pretty good fight too.
[video=youtube;VDYMBaqh1lo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDYMBaqh1lo&feature=player_embedded#![/video]
