Inside Higher Education recently published an article by James Pfrehm, Assistant Professor of German. The article, "Finding Brains in Blood and Brawn," describes how Pfrehm found new inspiration for his career through the interdisciplinarity, collegiality, and inclusiveness of MMA training.
You can read the article here:
www.insidehighered.com/advice/2017/02/14/cage-fighting-way-reinspire-ones-inner-academic-essay
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20170214110757548