""MMA is far bloodier than boxing. These guys will have multiple cuts—the middle of their forehead, their scalp. Head cuts bleed a lot. And the cuts are deeper, because of the elbows and knees. It's bone on bone.... I see so many cuts, [fixing them] is automatic for me. It's poetry in motion.""
-- ESPN the Magazine has a great article this month on the best cut man in the business, Jacob "Stitch" Duran. It talks about how he made it to where he is today and how his unique approach to closing cuts has helped several fighters, including UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin, continue to compete after getting busted open "as wide as an elevator door." Very cool article. Very different ... go check it out.
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