Before she became a professional fighter in the UFC, Ashlee Evans-Smith was a journalism major in college. Two years ago, the gregarious extrovert made use of her degree, creating a YouTube Channel where she interviewed fellow fighters. Now 32, the fighter decided to take stock of her career, and working in the media once again grabbed her attention.
“You’ve got an expiration date,” she told Bloody Elbow. “I’m not old in life, but I am old for the fight game.”
A fan of the podcast “Guys We F’d,” hosted by comedians Corinne Fisher and Krystyna Hutchinson, Evans-Smith got to thinking.