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Get a rare, inside look as Paulo Thiago instructs a Special Operations Class at the Police Academy in Brasilia. The class is made up of cadets who are looking to join the Special Operations Police Battalion, also known as BOPE. BOPE is a Special Forces unit of the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro, and when he’s not fighting in the UFC, Thiago is an officer with BOPE. Watch Paulo Thiago (13-3-0) take on David Mitchell (11-1-0) at UFC Rio: Silva vs. Okami, Saturday, August 27, live on Facebook 5:45PM/2:45PMET/PT.