Fight Plan

Russell Slappey can analyze a financial statement forward and backward. Asking him to describe how to execute a perfect flying scissor-heel hook is another matter.

Slappey is the owner and founder of Nperspective, a CFO consulting firm that counts law firms, banks and privately held companies among its clients. He's also an investor and chief financial adviser in World Extreme Fighting (WEF), an Orlando-based mixed martial arts league.

“I didn't know anything about mixed martial arts before I got involved with WEF,” Slappey explains of how a buttoned-up business consultant gets involved with a fighting league. “The attraction was making this organization into a successful business.”