MMA fighter Patrick Hutton battled drug and alcohol addiction outside the cage until he relied on Jesus to be his satisfaction.
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I GO IN SAYING I AM GOING
TO WIN.
HE IS GOING IN SAYING HE IS
GOING TO WIN.
SECOND STINKS.
REPORTER: PATRICK BAM-BAM
HUTTON HAS ALWAYS WANTED TO BE
THE BEST NO MATTER WHAT SPORT HE
PLAYS.
BASEBALL, FOOTBALL,
BASKETBALL, BOXING, CROSS
COUNTRY, ANYTHING, I LOVE TO
COMPETE.
IF WE THUMB WRESTLE, AND I LOSE,
I AM GOING TO BE MAD.
REPORTER: PATRICK WAS A KID
THAT LOVED TO SPAR WITH KIDS IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I AM NOT A MEAN PERSON, I
LIKE TO HIT.
REPORTER: HE WAS DISCIPLINED
IN COLLEGE.
HE KNEW THAT WAS WHAT IT TOOK TO
BE THE BEST.
CREDITE A LOT OF
TO DISCIPLINING SPORTS TO
COACHES.
REPORTER: AFTER COLLEGE HE
LANDED A GOOD JOB.
HE HAD TIME ON HIS HANDS AND
MONEY TO SPEND.
LIMOUSINES, VIP AT THE CLUBS,
BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, PROFESSIONAL
BIG TIME ATHLETES, DRINKING,
DRUGS, A LOT OF WOMEN.
THOUSAND DOLLAR TABS.
LIVING LIKE A ROCK STAR.
REPORTER: HE ACTED LIKE HE
WAS ONE.
HE BEGAN COMPETING
PROFESSIONALLY IN MIXED MARTIAL
ARTS AND BIG BAR TABS AND ALL
THE MONEY HE COULD SPEND.
I WAS OUT OF CONTROL COCAINE,
I DID IT IN FRONT OF MY BABY
BROTHER I WOULD NEVER HURT.
HE TOLD MY OLDER BROTHER.
HE SAID SOMETHING THAT MADE ME
MAD.
I THREW IT IN THE TOILET AND I
REMEMBER CUSSING AND SCREAMING.
REPORTER: PATRICK KNEW THINGS
NEEDED TO CHANGE.
I HAVE DONE THE PARTY SCENE
TO CHURCH.
REPORTER: NOT JUST ONE
CHURCH, BUT HIS ONE IDOL, GEORGE
FOREMAN.
GOD USES HIM AS A TOOL AND
USED HIM TO GET ME IN THE
CHURCH.
REPORTER: PATRICK REALIZED HE
NEEDED TO GIVE HIS LIFE TO
CHRIST.
DEEP DOWN IN MY HEART I
WANTED TO BE A BETTER PERSON TO
BE A BETTER CHRISTIAN.
JESUS CHRIST, SON OF GOD, HE
DIED FOR ALL MY SINS.
HE IS THE REASON I AM HERE.
COMPETES R: PATRICK
DISCIPLINE AND
WORKS WITH AUTISTIC
CHILDREN.
I GET THE WORST OF THE WORST
BEHAVIOR OF KIDS.
THAT IS NOT GOOD.
KIDS THAT WANT TO BE FIGHTERS --
I THINK MY JOB IS TO HELP AS
MANY PEOPLE AS I CAN THE BEST
WAY I CAN.
REPORTER: HE BELIEVES THE
ONLY WAY HE CAN DO THAT IS
THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.
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SOME OF THE THINGS JESUS DID,
HE WAS LOVING, CARING,
FORGIVING.
HE WAS HONEST.
HE WALKED A PERFECT WALK SO I
COULD MAKE MISTAKES AND LEARN
AND DO BETTER.