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Brother’s Surprise Christmas Gift: Private with Rafael Lovato Jr

Brother’s Surprise Christmas Gift: Private with Rafael Lovato Jr

Grappling Central Podcast host Ryan Ford decided to surprise his younger brother Chris for Christmas with a private lesson with his idol: 3x world champion Rafael Lovato Jr:

“I have always wanted to be able to get by younger brother Chris a private lesson with his BJJ hero Rafael Lovato Jr.
My plan was to be able to send him to Oklahoma where Rafael’s school is, but I wasn’t able to afford it.
I mentioned to Rafael after I interviewed him for the second time in July that I would love to get a private class for my brother.
Rafael just so happened to be in Atlanta the week before Christmas to visit a friend. He hit me up and asked if I still wanted to get a private
for my brother. So I paid for the private and we planned out how to make it a surprise. I brought my brother to Creighton MMA, the academy we train at, and told him we were just going to do an open mat.
When Rafael showed up, my wife Karen rolled the video for the surprise moment when Chris realized his idol was standing behind him.”

 

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