By all appearances, UFC middleweight Roan Carneiro was headed to obscurity when a pair of losses sent him packing from the promotion in 2008. But Carneiro gutted it out and continued to compete, believing he would one day return to the octagon and vie for a title. It took him five wins – three of them in one night for a regional MMA tournament – to realize his goal. One year ago, he submitted Mark Munoz to retake his place in the UFC middleweight division
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