The strength of a champion can teach you a lot about the fight against cancer!

Junior Dos Santos Almeida, born in Caçador, state of Santa Catarina, moved to Salvador at age 18 looking for a better life. He started to fight at age 21, after meeting the master Yuri Carlton, who introduced him to Jiu-Jitsu in 2005.

In 2006, he became part of UFC and started to win fights against renowned names.

In 2011, Cigano won the champion belt fighting against Cain Velasquez.

The athlete faces the difficult moments just as additional obstacles in the fight called life!

Here is the message the athlete: