Irish-based MMA fighter who used to clean toilets to fight for €1million

The Portuguese International worked two jobs to fund his goal of becoming an MMA World Champion and was even forced to leave his wife and newborn back home as he followed his dream.

READ MORE: Conor McGregor leaves followers in fits of laughter with response to fan who claimed he didn't know what day it was"I knew every time I was fighting to be closer to my son and wife, to join the money and bring them to Ireland. I was ready to kill in that cage. I remember the motivation I was feeling and that was something I never felt before. Now I’m fighting for the future of my son and daughter.

“I stopped training to have a full-time job in a factory. It was the hardest 10 months of my life. I was working as a janitor cleaning toilets in a hospital, training and fighting at the same time. I would run home from the hospital to get my bag and then go train. I came back at midnight only to go and train again at 7am.

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