Coming off a win over Tamdan McCrory on Oct. 1, Nate Marquardt had some pain in his ankle. He ignored it and went back to training. Then one day, just walking around, excruciating pain shot ...

“Oh, yeah, I’m playing,” Marquardt, who on Nov. 10 at UCLA aggravated an ankle injury that caused him to miss two games earlier this season. “There’s no doubt about it.” On ...