sports.yahoo.com - 8/28/2008
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UFC lightweight Kurt Pellegrino has everything on the line in Atlanta against Thiago Tavares next week. He doesn't have many options aside from fighting or teaching the sport. He basically carries his family's survival and his UFC future into the cage at UFC 88. Pellegrino is opening a new Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu school in Belmar, N.J. But if his fight career ends anytime ...
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NJ Schools Failed Kurt Pellegrino
MMA on Tap —
... If Kurt Pellegrino loses to Thiago Tavares next weekend at UFC 88, he could easily find himself out of the organization due to the UFC’s new policy where fighters with consecutive losses can easily be given the shaft. The sad thing is that if he can’t find employment elsewhere in the fighting world, he could be in deep trouble.
From Steve Cofield‘s latest blog post for Yahoo! Sports:
Pellegrino is opening a new Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu school in Belmar, N.J. ...
Kurt Pellegrino can’t read this
Fightlinker.com » Fightlinker - MMA, UFC, and other funny fight crap —
... August 29, 2008 – 10:30 am by fightlinker [image] Normally with fighters, we’re all like “Haha u r dumb!” But today we have a story on Kurt Pellegrino which just leaves me shaking my head and feeling kinda bad for the guy: Pellegrino is opening a new Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu school in Belmar, N.J. But if his fight career ends anytime soon and his business fails, Pellegrino doesn’t know how he and his family would survive. He can barely read and write, and said his math skills are at a third grade level. He’s a product of the wonderful school system in Point Pleasant, N.J. where ...
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