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The highs and lowlifes of a day at the Advanced Fighting Centre...

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Mal Trotter, Alex Garcia, John Atkin Friday the 28 th of October: Started in the Atkin household much like any other day, getting Molly and Erin, the little sleepy heads out of bed while my lovely wife and partner worked like a finely tune machine making breakfasts and packed lunches in the Atkin Diner Experience . She then made the beds and got the kids in the car like an expert bodyguard team. After the formal de-bus at school with waves and kisses all-round, Kerry and I got home, made our own breakfast and sat down to watch the Ultimate Fighter from the previous evening. Later, Kerry popped to the shops with her Mum and I drove to work, singing along to Rock Star on my CD. I parked up at Manors Car park (as it is so expensive to park in Newcastle, I park there and walk into the City Centre) and as I walked over the central motorway I got a phone call: a man said he had a lad in his taxi who is ‘into this MMA stuff’ but as I was talking the phone went dead, I tried to ring back but