Tommy Morrisson is pursuing two goals on parallel tracks at the moment, chasing his mixed martial arts dreams inside the Samourai MMA cage while working to complete his computer engineering degree at Concordia University at the same time.
“Hopefully I’ll be done by December,” said the 26-year-old regarding his degree, just a few days out from his return to action against Christopher Daniel at Samourai MMA 14 on Friday evening in Montreal.
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Balancing his three classes per semester — “It’s the max I can do; four is a little too much,” he said — and multiple training sessions per day is a lot to handle, but by all accounts and indications, the flyweight prospect is handling it all with aplomb.