RIO DE JANEIRO – UFC notables Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Antonio Rogerio
Nogueira, Junior Dos Santos and Vitor Belfort returned to their roots
Tuesday to inspire the next generation of Brazilian athletes.
Boxing coach Claudio Coelho, a lifelong resident of the Cantagalo favela
(shanty town), hosted an event at his Academia Nobre Arte (“Academy of
the Noble Art”) in Rio de Janeiro to raise awareness of ongoing efforts
to divert slum youths from a life of crime.
The community gathering was part of a week of events leading up to UFC 134.