Fight Path: WEC 53's Danny Castillo can thank vice principal for MMA career

The turning point in Danny Castillo's life came while sitting in a vice principal's office in Sacramento, Calif., when he was a freshman in high school.

To avoid a call home to his mother, Castillo agreed to join the team's wrestling team, which eventually led to an MMA career and tonight's WEC 53 fight.

To get here, Castillo faced a near-death van crash with his college wrestling team, a sales and marketing job that led to him drinking and partying too much, a reconnection with old wrestling buddy Urijah Faber, and a tough beginning to his WEC career.

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