From Favelas to Champion

Charles Oliveira grew up in the favelas of Brazil where poverty wasn't just a challenge,

it was everything. He watched his family struggle daily, barely scraping by.

At seven years old, he had a heart murmur and rheumatic fever. Doctors told him sports were too

dangerous. But Charles refused to accept that life. He found a small gym teaching Brazilian

Jiu Jitsu and started training despite having no money. He'd walk miles just to get there.

His coaches saw something special and trained him for free. By his teens,

he was submitting everyone in his path. At twenty, he entered the UFC

as a skinny kid nobody believed in. He lost fights, got cut down,