{"id":1778559,"date":"2022-12-17T06:30:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T11:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1778559"},"modified":"2022-12-17T09:34:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T14:34:11","slug":"man-born-without-legs-prepares-for-first-mma-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-born-without-legs-prepares-for-first-mma-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Born Without Legs Prepares for First MMA Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-born-without-legs-prepares-for-first-mma-fight%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1778559&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">MMA hopeful Zion Clark will not let the fact that he was born without legs stop him from becoming a fighter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">Clark has already broken several world records for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/mma\/article-11539721\/Man-set-world-record-despite-born-without-legs-prepares-MMA-bout-Zion-Clark.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">competing<\/a> in sports despite being born with caudal regression syndrome. This disorder impairs the growth of the lower spine and body, according to the <i>Daily Mail<\/i>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The would-be fighter is now preparing for his first fight against Eugene Murray at the Gladiator Challenge in San Diego. His opponent is also looking to gain his first win.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.gettyimages.com\/id\/1242827606\/photo\/zion-clark-attends-the-boxing-wags-association-first-annual-celebrity-golf-tournament.jpg?s=612x612&#038;w=0&#038;k=20&#038;c=4LFKREI5CYN3dH5RNfI8x9cAYY_ZlfOEk6oVzCQWRkc=\" alt=\"Zion Clark attends the Boxing WAGs Association First Annual Celebrity Golf Tournament Honoring National Prostate Cancer Foundation on August 29, 2022...\" width=\"469\" height=\"612\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Zion Clark attends the Boxing WAGs Association First Annual Celebrity Golf Tournament Honoring National Prostate Cancer Foundation on August 29, 2022, in Northridge, California. (Amy Graves\/Getty Images for Boxing WAGs Association)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m exceptional because I have a drive, and I live by the mantra \u2018no excuses, \u2018 and I push myself forward every day,\u201d Clark said in the run-up to his bout with Murray.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the start of another professional career for me, and I\u2019m here to rip his throat out and put on a show for the crowd,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople would make fun of me because I didn\u2019t have legs,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cThe best way to deal with haters is to use the hate to lift yourself up. The haters are your biggest fans \u2013 use that to your advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">Clark has already powered through many hardships that life has thrown at him. He was given up to the foster care system as an infant, yet still trained and earned himself a successful high school wrestling career.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Still, Clark noted that school was not the best time in his life for the taunting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSchool wasn\u2019t the greatest time for me, but by the time I was a senior, I was able to turn it around and get into college and do everything I wanted to do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the same as it was wrestling for me. I just wrestle against able-bodied people, and I beat able-bodied people,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/11\/13\/zion-clark-all-american-wrestler-born-no-legs-mma-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> TMZ. \u201cNow I\u2019m fighting able-bodied people, and I\u2019m gonna knock out able-bodied people. It\u2019s as simple as that. I\u2019m a fighter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clark\u2019s goal is to make it to the UFC. But he is also eyeing another sports goal. He is also set to try out for the U.S. 2024 Olympics and Paralympics wheelchair racing squad.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a>, or Truth Social <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@WarnerToddHuston\">@WarnerToddHuston<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MMA hopeful Zion Clark will not let the fact that he was born without legs stop him from becoming a fighter. 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