Ex-Washington Capitals forward Donald Brashear again earned money for fighting. This time, though, he did it in the ring — not on the rink.
And it didn’t take him long to register his first win in a mixed martial arts event — 21 seconds to be exact. He floored Mathieu Bergeron with one punch to the delight of the Quebec City crowd.
“It also felt like I was home,” he told reporters after the event. “As soon as I got in [the cage], I was comfortable.”
Why wouldn’t he? Fighting kept Brashear in the NHL for 16 seasons, including three with Washington. In 1,025 career games Brashear was involved in 225 fights. He accumulated more than 2,600 penalty minutes.
Brashear signed a three-fight deal earlier this year. Though the contract is not binding, Brashear doesn’t sound as if he will be begging out of the deal.
“I’m having fun learning it,” he said. “I haven’t done much fighting yet. I love learning it, and the fight was fun.”
