Eli Tamez is one of countless fighters who works multiple jobs. He gets to enjoy a luxury most others don’t, though, in that MMA is secondary to his career as a hairdresser, and he’s happy to keep it that way. Tamez, who fights Friday at LFA 1, is as dedicated to the sport as any of his peers, but it’s not his only focus, he said. He’s been cutting hair since well before he threw his first punch, and regardless of how successful he becomes as a fighter, he said he won’t leave his greatest passion. “I started cutting hair when I was in seventh grade,” Tamez told MMAjunkie.
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LFA 1′s Eli Tamez is the hairdresser who loves ‘breaking people’ inside a cage – MMA Junkie