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NEWARK, NJ - APRIL 26: Pat Healy weighs in during the UFC 159 weigh-in event at the Prudential Center on April 26, 2013 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

Pat Healy

TRAINING: A typical day of training is conditioning 4 days a week, skill days consisting of grappling and work with a standup coach twice a week, sparring 3 days a week with 2 days focused on standup and 1 day focused on grappling / ground and pound / wrestling.

When and why did you start training for fighting? I got into MMA at age 14 when a friend in the neighborhood introduced me and my brother to it because he basically wanted some punching bags.

What ranks and titles have you held? MFC welterweight champ. FCFF middleweight champ. BJJ purple belt under Fabiano Scherner.

Do you have any heroes? My parents

What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? It means everything to me to be fighting in the UFC again. Everything I have done outside the UFC was just to get back in there.

Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? Southern Illinois University Edwardsville but did not graduate.

What was your job before you started fighting? Various jobs in construction

Favorite grappling technique: Reverse omoplata

Favorite Striking technique: Jab!