Posted AT 1:00 PM EST on 22/11/08
From equity trader to professional fighter
MICHAEL TAYLOR
Reuters
LONDON Steven Hopwood has traded the cut and thrust of financial markets for the jabs and kicks of cage fighting – a fast-growing mix of martial arts and an old-fashioned pub brawl.
Fighting under the nickname Hoppy, the 36-year-old former equity trader entered an octagonal arena enclosed by a cage, where he faced a much taller opponent in his first contest as a professional cage fighter.
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