PHOENIX – When she got into “The Ultimate Fighter 26” house after 10 years of waiting tables, Emily Whitmire was ready to quit her job as a server . Two UFC fights and 18 months later, though, Whitmire (3-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) is still balancing her MMA training with her regular job. In fact, while she did take a pass on working Super Bowl night in order to avoid getting sick, she was working up until two weeks before her UFC on ESPN 1 meeting with Aleksandra Albu (3-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC). “The money is just too good to leave,” Whitmire told MMAjunkie during a media day ahead of the preliminary card bout, which streams on ESPN+ from Talking Stick Resort Arena. “The people I work for are really amazing, and it’s just a fun gig. So if I can go in and make an extra few hundred bucks on any given night, it’s like, why wouldn’t I do it?
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Why Emily Whitmire is keeping her job as a waitress ahead of third UFC bout – MMA Junkie