Growing up in the MMA-crazy nation of Brazil, Heloisa Azevedo long dreamed of being a fighter, but it was Amanda Nunes who finally convinced her to chase her dream. Well, it was actually Azevedo’s sister, but Nunes was the inspiration. “I always wanted to be an MMA fighter, since I was a teenager,” Azevedo told MMA Junkie in her native Portuguese. “But back then, I didn’t have money to pay for classes, and the sport wasn’t well regarded for women
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