Martin confident after life-changing wake-up call

Fighters are not like the rest of us. UFC lightweight Tony Martin is a prime example. Dating back to 2014, the Illinois native and Boston resident lived through a familiar pattern before fights. He would train hard for a month, and then when his fight was three to four weeks away, the pain would get bad enough that he had to sit out a week of training.That rest always worked, allowing him to get back to work and get through his fight. He had mixed results, going from an 8-0 record on the regiona