In just seven weeks' time, Joe Soto will challenge for the Tachi Palace Fights featherweight title and then drop a weight class to compete in a season-five Bellator Fighting Championships bantamweight tournament.
It's a ballsy quest, especially considering Soto's yearlong layoff.
It's even gutsier when you consider that Soto's career was nearly cut short by an eye injury that forced surgery and two grueling months of recovery.