Following the knockout win that earned him the UFC’s heavyweight title, Stipe Miocic returned home to Cleveland to a hero’s welcome . Meanwhile, in Brazil, the town of Amarante, Piaui – a humble outpost in the country’s northeast where 17,000 people call home – enthusiastically embraced their very own UFC 198 champion after a much less conspicuous win. The fuss had less to do with the win over Yancy Medeiros at this month’s event in Curitiba than with Francisco Trinaldo (19-4 MMA, 9-3 UFC), himself

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Meet Brazilian folk hero Francisco Trinaldo, the unlikely UFC contender who refuses to relinquish humble roots – MMA Junkie

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