I wear my scars like the rings on a pimp

I live life like the captain of a sinking ship

the one thing that I can guarantee

I’m like a stepping razor, I suggest you stay fair with me

-Atmosphere

Big Nog

“When I was 11 years old, I was hit by a truck. I was behind the truck and we were playing. The guy put on the truck and pulled back in reverse very fast. I couldn’t get out of the way. And the tire come through my body, my belly, my legs and my shoulders. I was in the hospital for 11 months. I was in a coma for one week. I had a lot of surgeries. I broke the muscles off my lungs. I had a hard time there. I couldn’t walk for almost one year. They said I wouldn’t be able to walk. I did a lot of physical therapy to do that again. … That’s why I build up my body and I start to to do swimming, Judo. I think that helps to build up my body. But the accident makes my heart tough. That’s what I think.”

Alistair Overeem

“I was 15 years old and hanging out in bars in my home country of the Netherlands, and I was always getting into fights. And this one guy broke a bottle in my face. I had to have 20 stitches through my cheek. I’ve always been a fighter and always competitive. But I then started to get more disciplined and [learned how to] not be such a rebel. My brother helped me focus to get out of trouble and get me in the right direction.”

Jose Aldo

“I don’t mind explaining where I got the scar. I was just a baby and my mom wasn’t paying attention for a moment when my sisters rolled me onto the barbecue pit being used for a 1986 World Cup party.”

Rousimar Palharaes

“My childhood was a lot of work. From sunup until sundown, with my elder brothers and parents, we woke up at 4 a.m. and worked until 5 p.m. We took care of cattle, and we cleaned the plantations … There were times that money was so tight that we had to eat animal feed. We would eat the feed that we gave the pigs … t was a very bad time, and I don’t like to talk about it … I was driving a cattle cart, and it got stuck, and I fell on a cut coffee tree. The fall opened a deep gash in my chest. We were far away from town, and there was no way I could get stitches. The only thing we could do was use Scotch tape to close the gash and help it heal.”

Miguel Torres

Scar courtesy of Joseph Benavidez at WEC 47

“if chicks dig scars then does that mean that I get 1 really big chick or a lot of them? My scar is pretty huge.”