AS I STOOD IN LINE AT THE INDEPENDENT COFFEE SHOP, I COULDN’T HELP BUT OVERHEAR THE EXCITED CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO YOUNG MEN AS THEY RECOUNTED THE MMA FIGHT THEY HAD SEEN THE PREVIOUS WEEKEND. THEIR VISCERAL DESCRIPTIONS INCLUDED BLOWS TO THE HEAD, BLOODY LACERATIONS, KNOCKOUTS, SUBMISSION HOLDS AND RAUCOUS CROWD REACTIONS. I LISTENED WITH INTRIGUE, FOR SEVERAL REASONS...