Gerardo “Julio” Gallegos, like many fighters, is trying to make a name for himself in mixed martial arts.
But, in a way, he’s also trying to erase the effect his name has.
“I fight to take my last name out of the dirt for what my dad did to it,” said Gallegos, an undefeated XFC fighter who witnessed his parents’ murder-suicide as a kid. “Half my family doesn’t even talk to me because of what he did, but I’m trying to do good with it, to make it a better name.”