Every school has cool kids. At Makwan Amirkhani's school, the cool kids were skinheads.
Or at least they dressed the part. Growing up Brown in Finland in a student body of about 500, Amirkhani saw a chance to fit in. So, he did as the Romans.
"All the boys had all these skinhead clothes; we called them pilot jackets," Amirkhani said. "They came and I said, 'Could you shave my head?' I was all bald. It was exactly the same as theirs. It was a sad story."
Fast-forward to last fall and UFC 244, where something happened right before Amirkhani was set to face fellow featherweight Shane Burgos.