How Aussie NFL star’s mum helped ex-Jaguars beast prep for UFC 293 war
So eventually, Lane was cleared from the ER and, within days, returned to practice.“And after a while I started having fun,” he says. “And when I started having fun on that field, I started having success.”Signed by Jacksonville in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL Draft, this 6’6’’ enforcer would go on to spend five years in the toughest sporting competition on the planet, along the way working his backside off with Kansas City, Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears.
“Starting out as an amateur, I sparred professional boxers,” he continues, “and they didn’t take it easy on me.“At the time I didn’t even really know how to spar properly, it was you hit me and I’ll hit you back.“People always see me and say ‘oh you must’ve been an NFL player’ because of my size,” he continues.“So what separated me from them was my work ethic.“I had to put myself on the map.
“I was at Jaguars training camp the other week and his mum came up to me,” says the heavyweight who has also spent time after football working in Jacksonville sports radio. Sunday’s showdown against Tafa will also be a rematch for the duo who back in June, for what was Lane’s UFC debut, fought for only 29 seconds before an accidental eye poke by the American saw the fight waved off.Three months on, however, the Brisbane knockout artist has recovered and the pair are now set to throw down again.
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