The Fight Matters for Ross Pearson

It took longer than the combined time of Ronda Rousey’s last three title defenses, but was no less intense. For one minute and 26 seconds, UFC lightweight Ross Pearson was fired up, but resolute, in responding to the question of why he wanted to get back in the Octagon so soon after his July 18 loss to Evan Dunham. “Disappointment, frustration, upset with myself with the way the last fight went,” Pearson began. “They’re not the fights that I want to put on. Evan cam