They used to have an unwritten rule back in the old-school days of professional wrestling: If you get into a street fight and lose, you also lose your job. The logic was simple: Back then, the rasslin’ business went to ridiculous lengths to pretend what happened in the ring was a legitimate athletic competition. If a wrestler went out to a bar after the matches in, say, Shreveport, La., and ended up knocking out a guy who challenged him, that’s good for business. If they lost, and word spread around town a star wrestler was beat by a guy off the street, then people might start questioning whether wrestling was on the up-and-up. This unwritten rule flashed into my mind Wednesday when two videos emerged of UFC Hall of Famer B.J

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