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Steve Kozola returns, with support from his 94-year-old grandma

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They say mixed martial arts’ television demographics skew a bit older these days, but this is something all together different.

Steve Kozola turned heads in his last performance at Bellator 175. Making his main-card debut on one of Bellator’s tentpole events, Kozola knocked out Jake Roberts in just 28 seconds, giving him eight finishes in as many professional fights.

Back home in Illinois, that was news to the ears of the undefeated lightweight’s biggest fan: his 94-year-old grandmother, Doris Bailey.

“She’s my biggest fan,” Kozola said. “She doesn’t watch the fights live because it’s not good for her heart at that age, but once she knows I’m OK, she’ll watch the tape of the fight and she’ll watch it over and over.