While many doctors, lawyers and Wall Street investment bankers — at least those not in jail or being investigated by Congress — would likely encourage their children to follow in their footsteps, what about mixed martial arts parents?

After all, the life of a fighter is a harsh one. The top of the top make money that rivals, surpasses even, what the above-mentioned white collar professionals bring home, but most cage fighters live modest paycheck by modest paycheck with little or no job security.

Then there is the physical price. Could MMA parents stand to see their kids get the snot beat out of them, knocked unconscious, suffer injuries and, worst of all, develop cauliflower ear?

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