Your brain has a funny way of working when $100,000 is all but guaranteed to be heading your way. Just ask James Krause . After accepting a late-notice bout with fellow lightweight Sam Stout (21-8-1 MMA, 8-8 UFC) this past weekend at UFC 161, Krause (20-4 MMA, 1-0 UFC) earned “Fight of the Night” and “Submission of the Night” honors after tapping out the Canadian for the first time since 2006. That guillotine choke comes with a $100,000 windfall in bonus money for the UFC newcomer. Assuming, of course, that Krause passes his post-fight drug test. “Yes, I’m sweating it, but no, I’ve never done an illegal drug in my life,” he told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). “But I’m sweating it
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