He may not readily admit it, but Roman Bravo-Young's hand is sure to be tired by now.
Every day since January and 50 times before his match Saturday, Bravo-Young wrote the phrase "133 pound national champion" in his notebook and signed his name next to it.
It was all a part — maybe as much of, if not more than his actual wrestling training — of the preparation Bravo-Young hoped would lead to his becoming that 133-pound national champion.
Affixing his signature to that phrase, that notion and that writing, takes it up a notch.
At that point, as with all signatures, it ceases to be just words on a page, but rather becomes a contract of sorts — something that's legally binding and contains some type of an agreement.