Life is determined by mere seconds. That applies to fighting inside of a cage and living day-to-day outside of it.
Unlike many mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters before him, former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Featherweight Matt Grice unfortunately found out the hard way that every second truly matters. Remember, the now 34-year-old was after his car was struck from behind by another vehicle traveling 65 miles per hour. Grice needed emergency brain surgery to help decrease swelling, leaving him without a significant portion of his skull.
It remains one of the more egregious events in the MMA world over the past five years, especially considering Grice was coming off his best Octagon performance to date, a three-round Fight of the Night loss to Dennis Bermudez at UFC 157, before his life changed forever.