On February 12, Julius Walker was getting ready for a home game in Springfield, Missouri.
With a 6-0 pro record that included a November stoppage of UFC vet Bevon Lewis, the 25-year-old Walker was staying busy with a February 22 bout against Mark Currier in the Synergy FC promotion before starting to look at what it was going to take to get into the UFC.
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Then the phone rang with an offer for an all-expenses paid trip to Seattle.
To fight Alonzo Menifield.