When it comes to longevity, Luis Henrique has ex-champ and all-time great Anderson Silva as a role model. But he doesn’t have to go that far up the MMA Olympus to find inspiration. Set to take on Marcin Tybura (14-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) at Saturday’s UFC 209, Henrique (10-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) will have one of his big examples right there, in his corner, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas: UFC middleweight Thiago “Marreta” Santos (14-5 MMA, 6-4 UFC), who relied on steel focus to beat the odds for his unlikely UFC ascent. “‘Marreta,’ man, he’s an example at our gym (Rio de Janeiro’s TFT team),” Henrique told MMAjunkie ahead of the FS1-televised preliminary card heavyweight scrap.
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