The untimely death of up-and-coming Bellator fighter Jordan Parsons on May 4 had a ripple effect on the entire mixed martial arts community, sending out waves which reached the man who was scheduled to fight Parsons just two weeks after the hit-and-run accident which claimed his life, Adam Piccolotti.
Piccolotti had spent weeks thinking about Parsons, whom he was supposed to fight on May 14 in San Jose, the way future fighters often think about future opponents: This was the man standing in my way. This is a person on whom I have to inflict physical damage before he does it to me.