On paper, Adel Altamimi doesn’t necessarily seem like a fighter deserving of a Bellator contract. In truth, it’s just a fraction of the rewards his sacrifices should earn him. Altamimi’s story was featured on the broadcast of December’s “Bellator and USO Present: Salute the Troops” event, when the promotion revealed they had signed the 29-year-old featherweight. Currently a coach with Jay Glazer’s Merging Vets And Players, Altamimi was contracted as a convoy driver by the U.S. Marines in Iraq
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