Themba Gorimbo was left with just $7 to his name, after he travelled all the way from Zimbabwe to Miami (USA), in order to be at the MMA Masters training camp – for the sake of his second UFC fight preparation.
He ended up beating Takashi Sato via unanimous decision…
And it was a much-needed win, because he has lost in his UFC debut three months prior, against A.J. Fletcher.
For, as he shared at the post-fight press conference, Gorimbo saw many of his friends and family members cut ties with him after that loss:
Everyone just kind of moved away. Straight after my loss, when I got home. Everybody [looked at me] like a guy that was smelling like sh*t.
You know, people kind of ignored me. People that I helped kind of ignored me.
A lot of people, even people that were close to me, some of them are called my friends… Even my own brother, man.I love my brother because my brother is my blood at the end of the day.
But the truth must be told; it hurts me so much that I do so much for people.
And, somewhat unexpectedly, Gorimbo was helped by Colby Covington during his UFC Vegas 73 training camp:
Colby Covington, he is such a great guy, man. Colby Covington sometimes would bring food for me at the gym.
People say what they say and want to avoid him, but that guy’s a great man.
You have to know him to kind of know him. Just like me.
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