The RFC 27 featured nine bouts with fighters from around the country, including six with local ties. Credit: Chris Girandola

The RFC 27 featured nine bouts with fighters from around the country, including six with local ties. Credit: Chris Girandola

Before Friday night, I admittedly considered mixed martial arts fighting with the proverbial grain of salt, nothing but a fringe sport for the savages.

This article appears in Jul 26 – Aug 1, 2012.