
Oliver Lee Bateman
Oliver Bateman is a contributing writer to MEL Magazine. He writes about the extreme sides of fitness, the weirder sides of MMA and pro wrestling, and the unorthodox lifestyles of professional athletes. His writing on these topics has appeared in publications such as the Paris Review, the Atlantic, and the New Republic. Ever since he was a little kid, he's been really good at exercising.
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How Conspiracy Theories Took Over Pro Fighting
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The 1956 Olympic wrestling silver medalist, three-time NCAA wrestling champ and longtime pro wrestler’s feats of strengths were as legendary as Paul Bunyan’s. Except his were real