Yang endured years of beatings, until he decided to take his aggressors’ advice and train in a martial art. “Someone picked a fight with me and I surprised them because I started to fight back,” Yang told the Guardian. Yang, who studied kung fu and competed in taekwondo through his early 20s, loves watching UFC fights. “This option would largely be lost if the Ali Act was in place. The UFC provides its own rankings for the independent media to vote on, though a vast majority do not participate.

Source: The Guardian November 03, 2020 09:22 UTC