Will Ribeiro and students Will Ribeiro  may never heal from the crippling motorcycle accident that nearly claimed his life and ended a promising MMA career in 2008. But it hasn’t discouraged him from helping the most vulnerable members of Brazil’s underclass. Still paralyzed on the left side of his body, and blind in one eye, Ribeiro continues showing small improvements each passing year. It’s thanks largely to the same perseverance that made him one of the world’s top bantamweights by age 25. Ribeiro knows his fighting days are long gone, but the stakes are now much higher