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With new Hollywood biopic on the way, retirement is turning rather surreal for Nick Newell

One of mixed martial arts' most improbable success stories is making its way to the silver screen.

Notorious Nick, a new feature-length biopic depicting the rise of one-armed fighter Nick Newell, is the latest passion project of Hollywood producers Howard Burd and Mark DiSalle, the latter of Kickboxer and Bloodsport fame. And for the now-retired Newell, who figured the next chapter of his life would be quieter than the one that saw him get punched in the mug for a living, the reality of what is about to come is the best kind of unknown.