LONDON – Aaron Chalmers knows his background as a reality-television star might mean he’s never going to be fully taken seriously as a fighter by the “armchair” MMA fan. But as he prepares to walk out to the Bellator cage for the first time, Chalmers has a simple response to that. “F-ck them,” Chalmers said on Tuesday, after open workouts and ahead of Friday’s Bellator 200 event. “I’m enjoying this, so I’m going to keep going as far as I can possibly go.” But Chalmers (3-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), who meets Ash Griffiths (4-5 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) in a catchweight main-card bout, knows it’s not about just enjoyment; it’s also about the work.
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