When he first got into MMA, RFA featherweight Mark Dickman gave himself the nickname “The Freak.” Why he gravitated toward that moniker is unclear, but one thing is: It didn’t take. “My coaches just started calling me ‘Tricky,’” Dickman (8-1), who meets Raoni Barcelos (7-0) tonight at RFA 14, told MMAjunkie Radio. “‘Tricky Dicky,’ like the President.” If you need a history refresher, he’s talking about Richard Nixon. It’s an unusual figure to invoke as an MMA fighter, but Dickman is apparently stuck with it – not that he minds
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RFA 14 co-headliner Mark Dickman is more Richard Nixon, less ‘Freak’ – MMA Junkie