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| Cousin Derek: MMA Title Belt Holder |
I was one of six cousins standing out on the deck of my parents’ house for Christmas. Three of us grew up together; we were more like friends than cousins. The other three were brothers—and much younger. So much younger, in fact, I used to babysit two of them. Turns out one of them is an athlete–I mean a real athlete.
This is him in my folk’s living room over Christmas–he’s next to Uncle Denny and in front of my youngest brother’s gal. The partial headshot behind Denny is Bunce’s uncle–Doran. Yup, a title belt holder in our house. It’s dwarfs the size of my largest hardware; rendering it little more than a tool used to clean the crevices of his monster belt. Who knew.
(Not so) little cousin Derek~~ the MMA BFC Lightweight (170lb) champion.