Wade Johnson was a promising enough basketball player at his small-town Arkansas high school that he had multiple college options he was considering. He played baseball and ran track as well, but basketball was where he got most of his attention. Then he did something that no one expected. He became a teenaged MMA fighter. “It was during the summer, so I could so some training and take a few fights,” Johnson told MMAjunkie.
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Fight Path: Wade Johnson eschews his hoops hopes for the MMA life – MMA Junkie