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UFC Lincoln’s James Krause to fellow fighters: ‘You can’t let the sport take your life away’

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At 32 years of age, veteran fighter James Krause is not letting himself be completely consumed by his chosen career path. While he says he still feels he is getting better everyday, he does not intend to prolong his career too much.

It is the one reality of prizefighting that he is aware of: not knowing when to call it quits. And he sees its prevalence very much among his peers.

“I see some of these guys, the older guys that they couldn’t quit the sport,” Krause told MMAjunkie. “They couldn’t quit the drug.