Newcomer Hacran Dias looks for better life with UFC 147 debut

Featherweight Hacran Dias is the latest prospect to emerge from the celebrated Nova Uniao camp in Brazil, and like many of the team’s fighters, he’s endured a hard road on the way to the big show.

Now on the cusp of his UFC debut against fellow Brazi…

Featherweight Hacran Dias is the latest prospect to emerge from the celebrated Nova Uniao camp in Brazil, and like many of the team’s fighters, he’s endured a hard road on the way to the big show.

Now on the cusp of his UFC debut against fellow Brazilian fighter Yuri Alcantara, Dias wants to give his family a better life with success in the octagon.

“Everything I do, I do with my daughter in mind,” Dias told MMAjunkie.com. “I don’t want to stay here on the hill (in a favela) around drug trafficking. I want her to go to college.”