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MMA Submission: Meet Dr. Johnny Benjamin

By Ryan Hockensmith

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Like "MMA Submission?" Check the archives. As a kid, Johnny Benjamin and his dad would sit down together and watch sports. Their favorite: boxing. They made it a point to gather for any Muhammad Ali fights. "I'll never forget those moments with my dad," Benjamin says. "They were some of my best childhood memories." Fast forward to the 1990s. Now Dr. Johnny Bejamin met Buddy McGirt, who opened up a gym near Benjamin's Vero Beach practice. Pretty soon, McGirt was sending his guys over to Dr. ...

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