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From diving for gold to fighting for PFL gold: Rafael do Nascimento

Rafael do Nascimento spent years diving for gold to finance his pursuit of mixed martial arts glory. It wasn’t an easy road, but the 34-year-old Brazilian never wavered. “I was born deep in rural Brazil, in a town with just a few thousand inhabitants.

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