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There are only 1440 minutes in a day. Colton Smith ensures that he uses every single one of them. As an active duty soldier and a professional MMA fighter, Colton Smith is fighting the good fight perfecting and honing his skills as a leader and a warrior.All knowledge is useful, Colton Smith knows this. How do we know? An infantryman by trade, Colton has never stopped seeking self-improvement through earning his Airborne, Ranger and Sapper tabs in the United States Army. After his deployment to Iraq in 2007-2008, the former high school wrestler entered a Gladiator Fight Club challenge. Only seven days after he had returned from a war-zone Colton, won that fight, fifty-two seconds into the first round by TKO. This earned him some notoriety, to say the least. Both his career in the Army and his career as a fighter were starting to take shape.Over the next several years Colton deployed once again, and eventually was featured on The Ultimate Fighter, getting special permission to appear on the show from the Army. The season progressed as did Colton, eventually winning the fight against Mike Ricci and being crowned The Ultimate Fighter 16 winner.[caption id="attachment_17253" align="alignnone" width="750"]
Sgt. 1st Class Colton Smith and his corner Sgt. 1st Class Jeremie Oliver visited Bradley Williams, a Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness Master Resilience Trainer performance expert at Fort Hood, Texas. (Photo by Clifford Kyle Jones / NCO Journal)[/caption]1440 minutes in every day. 1440 minutes to make the most of your life, of your dreams. Colton Smith has made his dreams come true as a professional fighter and as a leader in the United States Army. Always striving, always diligently working towards his dreams. One thing we can all take from Colton is that your dreams are attainable. With hard work, and a commitment to make the most of each waking minute, we see just how much is possible.Fight the good fight, always strive for more. More knowledge, more skill, and should you fail, just like in a fight, get up, dust yourself off, and fight back even harder.Read more stories of American Grit here:
