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Cavs' Guard Deron Williams Owns MMA Gym, Wants to Compete in BJJ in the Future

You never know where you might find an MMA fan.

Back when the sport was underground, they could be anywhere—at work or school, sitting next to you at a movie theatre or alongside you on a treadmill at the gym.

Now though, in modern times, you tend to find them in some pretty prestigious places.

Among them? The NBA.

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Deron Williams appeared on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani Monday, discussing his love for MMA and his investment in the sport.

“I’ve been watching [MMA] for a while, just growing up being a wrestler,” he told Helwani.