It's a story about determination and the will to prove others wrong.And that's what Alex Swetland does every day."Hopefully the title, I want that title one day," said Swetland.One of his goals is to become one of the MMA greats and he's getting there after his dad and coach came up with an idea."Everything they said he would not do in his life, he's doing, except for walking unassisted," sad Gary Swetland, Alex's dad.Alex is 14 years old and had cerebral palsy as well as Periventricular leukomalacia, known as PVL, which is a type of brain injury where there is softening of white brain tissue near the ventricles in the brain. Right now Alex is mostly in a wheelchair, but he's hoping to change that."When he first saw it, he was scared. He said hold on wait a minute. What do you want me to do?" said his coach, Dwight Mater, with Jackson Wink MMA Academy. Mater and Swetland came up with an idea to help Alex work his lower body."My thought process was if we get this harness, strap him in the harness and strap the harness to the railing, he could stand up," said Swetland. "That way he's not thinking about standing, but then he's working on something so he's actually on his feet."It involves three tow straps, a harness, two equalizer bars and some bands."It was good. It was challenging, but I completed the challenge," said Alex.The apparatus they came up with basically takes the pressure off of Alex and lets him stand without the worry of falling.The goal is to get Alex up and active as well as understand the feeling of being on his feet."If I introduce that movement to him slowly but surely, he will be able to get to that point," said Mater.With each movement, you can see the grit on Alex's face."It's nice to see him let his brain see what it is, for a lack of a better word, all of us that don't have any of these issues, be able to do, because I think it gives him another reason to fight for something else," said Swetland. Alex trains at one of the best MMA gyms in the world, Jackson Wink MMA Academy in Albuquerque. As he works with Mater, he's surrounded by fighters, sometimes his favorite ones, too."The best fighter in the whole wide world is that man, Jon 'Bones' Jones and Diego Sanchez," said Alex as he pointed to their posters hanging on the wall of the gym."He needs a reminder of people that fight for things every day, that all he has to do is fight, too," said Swetland. "Everything we've done in his life has never been about make him walk. It's always been about having less pain, less stiffness, less having everyone else help him."Jackson Wink has an adaptive program for those with disabilities or special needs. It's called IncredAble Adaptive MMA Program. Its goal is to provide and empower youth and teens who have a variety of environmental, physical and cognitive challenges, the skills and benefits of mixed martial arts.