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2013 Brasileiros Champ João Gabriel Rocha Battles Cancerous Tumor

2013 Brasileiros Champ João Gabriel Rocha Battles Cancerous Tumor

 

 

The 2013 Brazilian national black belt champion and world medalist João Gabriel Rocha shared on his facebook profile what is currently going on his life. He wasn’t present at the 2014 Pans. He revealed that

Away from training for the last two months, the black belt revealed why he couldn’t train. He had a cancerous tumor removed a few days ago:

 

“It’s been nearly two months that I can’t train. I began to fell severe pain after every session, but I didn’t give much attention. Only when it got really bad, I went to the doctor and had a bunch of tests done. When the results came in I couldn’t imagine what the doctor had to tell me. I had a tumor. At first, I though he was joking, I couldn’t believe it. You always think this kind of thing’s gonna happen to somebody else, not you. Anyway, I had a surgery and the tumor was completely removed and in a short time I will be back to doing what I like the most, which is to be on the mat training.

I want to say thanks for the support of all my friends and family and tell everybody not to give up on their dreams.”

The whole Jiu-Jitsu community wishes Joao a speedy recovery and return to the mats.

Check out Joao’s highlight: