He’s got reason to be. He’s perfect in six fights as a pro, he’s about to make his UFC debut on one of the biggest cards of the year in front of a full house at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and, most importantly, his mom is happy.
“My mom told me recently that her heart is full of joy, her heart is so full,” said Koslow. “That means more to me than anything in the world. My mom is a major factor in this. She supported me from Day One, and her mom as well, my grandmother, she’s supported me immensely, from watching every fight to casting voodoo on my opponents. (Laughs)”
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With his nickname, you would have thought grandma would have been working on some Jedi mind tricks. Koslow laughs, but when asked which one of the ladies in his life is the one praying in her room on fight night, he says, “That’s my grandmother – she’s the one praying in the room. She don’t smoke in the house, but she smokes for my fights. (Laughs) My mom has been to a few of them. She hasn’t been to every one, but she’s made it to as many as she could. She works full-time as a bail bondsman. My parents have been bail bondsmen and bounty hunters my whole life, so that’s what she’s done and she’s supported me since Day One.”
The Steven Koslow story keeps on giving, doesn’t it? Being the son of bounty hunters has to be interesting, eh?
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“Before I really started MMA when I was a young kid, I thought I wanted to be a bounty hunter just like my dad and it just didn’t happen that way,” he said. “And I’m thankful I get to actually live my dream and not have to settle for less. Bounty hunter is a cool gig, but it’s not what I wanted to do with my life. I want to be UFC champion, so the fact that I get to take one step towards my dream this Saturday is more than I can ever ask for.”
Mom and grandma will be watching his dream. Unfortunately, Koslow’s dad won’t be, as he passed away earlier this year. Thankfully, father and son mended fences after some rough times that even had Koslow writing on his UFC bio form that he started training “because I wanted to beat up my dad.”
