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Check out pre-fight interviews with UFC 134 fighters Rousimar Palhares and Johnny Eduardo as Brazilian reporter Paula Sack speaks to both men about their upcoming bouts (Both interviews were completed in Portuguese but a full transcript is provided by the UFC).
He almost quit MMA five years ago, but after encouragement from his brother and money to travel to Rio and train with “Minotauro”, his career turned around and “Toquinho” went on to build an impressive record (21-3-0). Reporter Paula Sack discovers that Palhares’ unique physique presents a number of challenges as a UFC fighter. Watch Palhares scrap against Dan Miller (13-5-0-1NC) during the Spike prelims of UFC Rio: Silva vs. Okami, Saturday, August 27, live on Spike, 8PM/5PM ET/PT.
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Paula Sack meets one of the UFC’s newest fighters, Johnny Eduardo (25-8-0), as he trains for his debut fight against Raphael Assuncao(14-4-0) at UFC Rio. This fight goes down at UFC Rio: Silva vs. Okami, Saturday, August 27, live on Facebook 5:45PM/2:45PM ET/PT.