With a lightweight title already under his belt, Brent Primus sets his sights on $1,000,000 prize
Not just his journey in the world of combat sports but the path the former Bellator lightweight champion took to this point in life: 39 years old, happily married with “a beautiful wife, three kids and an awesome house and, you know, things that I didn’t have growing up.”
“It’s just crazy what life can bring and what you can make out of it,” Primus tells The Post reflectively during a recent video call. “It’s pretty cool, man. And I’m gonna win this dang million dollars, and it’s gonna be amazing for me and my family, for sure.” “I remember thinking when I was fighting in Madison Square Garden Michael Chandler, I remember walking out there and was like, ‘Man, I chose this, and I worked for this, and I could have been in jail or some stupid thing like a lot of my friends were or ended up,” said Primus, underscoring the gratitude he carries with him wherever he goes.
While Primus’ MMA career goes back to his mid-20s, he’d managed to compete in just 16 pro bouts from the time of his 2010 debut to his Bellator 300 no contest and had never had more than two bouts in a year. Surely, it helps that the results have been stellar for Primus this season, with a pair of rear-naked choke submissions by the grappling ace that earned him a total of nine points in the standings and the top seed in his bracket.
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