#HOW TO NOT GO BROKE IN MMA MANAGER PROFESSIONAL#

IвЂ™m 3-6, havenвЂ™t fought in two years, I havenвЂ™t won since 2015 in MMA, so IвЂ™m perfect. When Ray called me, you have to look at me on paper. I f-g know IвЂ™m supposed to go in there and lose. вЂњI do a lot of work for Roger (Artigiani, the owner of the 2300 Arena) and I know what they think. IвЂ™ve always been a bartender IвЂ™ve been in the (combat-sports) industry and there are a lot of plates to spin. IвЂ™m so prepared, and there is no other way to say it, but this is most prepared IвЂ™ve been. вЂњI have to make weight, and I feel in great shape to do that. вЂњClaressa has a lot more to cut than me, and bigger parts are harder to cut,вЂќ Elkin said. She says sheвЂ™s in the best shape sheвЂ™s been in years and sheвЂ™s not waiting to stand there and get hit by Shields. She had, what she describes, as a вЂњviciousвЂќ eight-week camp. IвЂ™ve practiced in all of them and I think I have a great chance to win on Thursday and have a great transition.вЂќД®lkins knows her role-sheвЂ™s supposed to lose. вЂњItвЂ™s about who can use what they know the best. ItвЂ™s all these different arts and I donвЂ™t think people should just count me out because IвЂ™m not a ground specialist. вЂњItвЂ™s boxing, itвЂ™s kickboxing, itвЂ™s wrestling. вЂњEverybody is making a big deal that Brittney Elkin is purple belt in jiu-jitsu, but MMA is not just jiu-jitsu,вЂќ Shields said during a Zoom conference call. She has a background in jiu-jitsu and grappling, where she is 19-9 in ADCC. SheвЂ™s been bouncing around different places, living in two different basements, one in Philly and one in Manhattan, New York. Originally from North Dakota, Elkin has lived in Westminster, Colorado, for the last 15 years and just moved to Philadelphia, where she is the operations manager at the 2300 Arena, doing everything from taking tickets, to working the door and bartending, which was doing last week before leaving for the Atlantic City bubble in preparation for the Shields fight.

Shields is making around $250,000 for the fight.

I know my MMA career is not the greatest.вЂќД®lkin is getting 10-10, $10,000 to make weight and $10,000 to win. вЂњI couldnвЂ™t get over the phone call, and I called Ray back to let him know it was April Fools and this better not be a f-g joke. вЂњI was talking to Ray with all of this going on in the background and it was April FoolsвЂ™ Day, so I was thinking about that, and your mind wraps around these things and before we got off the phone, I said вЂYes,вЂ™ to fighting Claressa,вЂќ Elkin recalled. It definitely belongs in the truth-is-stranger-than-fiction department. It happened to be an event where a fighter lost a finger, so Elkin was talking to Sefo, while in the background over the PA system, the announcer was asking the patrons to look for a missing ring finger. She received the call on April 1, April FoolsвЂ™ Day, from PFL matchmaker Ray Sefo while she was working an MMA fight at the 2300 Arena. SheвЂ™s since heeled from that break, though sheвЂ™s kept herself in incredible shape. In her last fight, Elkin, who is 3-6 in MMA and will turn 35 this Friday, shattered her left forearm in three places making it look like a twisted spaghetti strand.

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#HOW TO NOT GO BROKE IN MMA MANAGER PROFESSIONAL#

Shields will be making her MMA debut as a 155-pound, 5-round lightweight fight against Elkin, fighting for the first time in two years, on the Professional Fighters League (PFL) tour on Thursday (ESPN2, 10 p.m. She gave her small, encircled audience a thumbnail bio of herself and about the big step sheвЂ™s going to be taking next-Claressa Shields.ДЄs the patrons began lining up in front of the 2300 Arena doors for the nightcap, Elkin returned back to her regular job for the evening-bartending. вЂ“ Last Saturday, Brittney Elkin was holding court in the empty lobby of a boxing venue, PhiladelphiaвЂ™s 2300 Arena, talking to boxing people about mixed martial arts between the open time of a day-night boxing doubleheader.

How to not go broke in mma manager