Jose Aldo was my childhood hero and the reason I got into martial arts keeping me out of (too much) trouble and make healthier life choices.
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Don't idiolize anybody ... ever.... Besides Mao.
Also
Report: Ex-UFC champ Jose Aldo, wife involved in government handout scandal; wife blames ‘snooping leftists’
https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2023/1/9/23545112/report-ex-ufc-champ-jose-aldo-wife-government-handout-scandal-wife-blames-snooping-leftists-brazil
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Why are all these sports where head trama is common filled with such chuds?
With fighters many of them come from literally nothing. Jose grew up in a dirt poor favela without enough money to pay for a training, tournament fees or a gi. It was him and a couple of people who seen something in him that brought him his success despite the terrible hand life dealt. In his mind he does not owe anybody anything. This is a pretty normal story for fighters. Coming from nothing to having some success in life.
I believe a lot of these athletes have a case of "fuck you, I got mine" more the a side effect of CTE. Even fighters with far less success and wealth then Aldo are acceptable to this.
Gusanos hate their origins, that's why many football players never go back to Latin America or Africa after they get rich.
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