Despite recent loss, the dream isn’t over yet for Nick Newell

Less than a month since a devastating loss put a halt to his UFC dream, Nick Newell has already turned the page. It’s just another temporary setback in a series of them, just another thing to be overcome. This is the kid who lost his first 17 wrestling matches but kept stubbornly refusing to quit, ultimately setting his high school wins record. The one who lost his first amateur MMA fight, only to go pro and win a belt. Did all that with one hand.

So, this idea that a single loss means the end of his story? He’s not having it.

“People want to say, ‘I told you, it’s impossible. You can’t do it. It’s hard enough to do with two hands, let alone one,’ but I know what I’m capable of,” he told MMA…