No Pain, No Gain

"I saw you on my TV this weekend," the mailman tells Nickels one day. "That's the first time I ever watched any of that ultimate fighting. I sort of like it. It's like a real fight. Those guys look pretty nice, but they're nasty. You have to be ready to rip someone's eyeballs out and stomp on them."

Then he asks the $5 million question, a question that could cost Nickels just that amount if he answers: "Do you win?"

Jim J. Narcy

 

Jim J. Narcy

Mike Nickels

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"I can't tell you," Nickels replies. "I'm under contract. But I can tell you it's the bloodiest fight of the season."